Mat-1.3656 Seminar on
numerical analysis and computational science
Monday April 7,
2008, room U322 at 14.15
Prof. Michal Krizek, Inst. of Math.,
Academy of Sciences, Prague
On nonobtuse
simplicial partitions
In this talk we surveys some results on acute and
nonobtuse simplices and associated spatial partitions. These
partitions are relevant in numerical mathematics, including
piecewise polynomial approximation theory and the finite
element method. Special attention is paid to a basic
type of non-obtuse simplices called path-simplices, the
generalization of right triangles to higher dimensions.
In addition to applications in numerical mathematics,
we give examples of the appearance of acute and
non-obtuse simplices in other areas of mathematics.