Common Transversals and Tangents

Common Transversals and Tangents Frank Sottile University of Masssachusetts, Amherst 19 July 2002 Symbolic Computational Algebra 2002 University of Western Ontario				1

We use symbolic computation to study sets of lines meeting k fixed lines that are tangent to 4-k spheres in R³, called common transversals and tangents.

Besides the interesting geometry, computation, and pictures, the geometry in 3-space is a fertile area for potential applications of symbolic and computational algebra.

Joint work with Gabor Megyesi and Thorsten Theobald.

Last modified on 15 July 2002 by Frank Sottile