Problem-solving seminar in commutative algebra (and other mathematics)

This seminar has a format very different from the usual seminar activities. Instead of listening to talks on sporadic topics, we in the first place try to brainstorm and (hopefully) solve concrete problems suggested by the seminar participants. At the moment we are actively discussing different aspects and questions around the Waring problem for polynomials. The important aspects of suggested problems should be an easy elegant formulation and relevance for mathematics in general. We are trying to avoid complicated technical language which usually shadows the content of good problems. Everybody who wants to join us is very welcome. We meet on Thursdays at 10.15 in room 16 (mainly), bldn 5, Kräfriket.

The topic for the first seminar is "Unique decomposition of tensors and the Waring problem for polynomials".