Playing puzzles on translation surfaces

Date/heure
5 juillet 2022
16:30 - 17:30

Lieu
Salle de conférences Nancy

Oratrice ou orateur
Hugo Parlier (Université du Luxembourg)

Catégorie d'évènement
Colloquium


Résumé

This talk will be about a project aiming to illustrate geometry through puzzles. The puzzles, played following simple rules on square-tiled surfaces, have natural configuration graphs with a geometry of their own. These graphs are not unlike other combinatorial graphs used in the study of moduli spaces of surfaces and which can be visualized in similar ways. The goal will be to play around with the puzzles, explore their graphs and have fun.

The Quadratis puzzles were created and brought to life together with Paul Turner, Mario Gutiérrez and Reyna Juárez (see http://quadratis.app).