UCalgary Algebra and Number Theory Seminar: M. Ram Murty

We will give an exposition on the recent progress in the study of unimodal sequences, beginning with the work of Isaac Newton and then to the contemporary papers of June Huh. We will also relate this topic to the Riemann hypothesis. In the process, we will connect many areas of mathematics ranging from number theory, commutative algebra, algebraic geometry and combinatorics.