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Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization Seminar
Independent Scholar Title: Block Partitions of Sequences Abstract: This is a joint work with Imre Bárány and Emmanuel Livshits. Given a sequence A=(a1,...,an) of real numbers, a block B of the A is either a set B={ai,...,aj} where i≤j or the empty set. The size b of a block B is the sum of its elements. We show that when 0≤ai≤1 and k is a positive integer, there is a partition of A into k blocks B1,...,Bk with |bi-bj|≤1 for every i, j. We extend this result in many directions. We also present polynomial algorithms for finding optimal (in various senses) block partitions. Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014 Time: 3:30 pm Location: Wean Hall 8220 Submitted by: Boris Bukh |