![]() Later he was one of the founding members of Microsoft Research New England.Ĭohn explained that sphere-packing involves filling space with spheres efficiently. He explained that the lecture series was made possible by Paul Sally, whom Trapa said was "a fantastic guy and a towering man who looked-and swore-like a swashbuckling pirate." Cohn is a former student of PROMYS, an off-shoot of the Arnold Ross Program for high school students, and is now a PROMYS Foundation trustee. Peter Trapa (above left), chair of the Arnold Ross Committee and of the University of Utah Department of Mathematics, welcomed the audience to the lecture, giving some history of Arnold Ross, the lecture series, and of Cohn. What's the densest sphere packing in a million dimensions? ![]() Following the lecture, and some well-received snacks, eight of the students played Who Wants to Be a Mathematician. Over 150 high school students and teachers from the Salt Lake City area took advantage of a great opportunity to hear Henry Cohn (Microsoft Research and MIT) deliver the 2014 Arnold Ross Lecture, "What's the densest sphere packing in a million dimensions?" at The Leonardo in Salt Lake City on November 5. ![]() Henry Cohn Gives the 2014 Arnold Ross Lecture at The Leonardo in Salt Lake City, Followed by Who Wants to Be a Mathematician
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