Dan Romik (Hebrew: דן רומיק) is a mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Davis.UC Davis Mathematics, Dan Romik. He is known for contributions to probability theory and discrete mathematics.
Biography and Career Romik received his Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University in 2002 under the supervision of David Gilat.. He has worked at the University of California, Davis since 2009. He is an author of 3 books and over 40 papers, including publications in the Annals of Mathematics and in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.ZbMath Open, Dan Romik.Dan Romik, Publications. In 2010 he was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award,UC Davis News, LAURELS: Mathematician Romik receives early-career grant and he was a Simons Fellow in 2012. From 2014 to 2017 he was the chair of the Mathematics Department of the University of California, Davis.UC Davis Mathematics, Mathematics Newsletter - Featuring the 2016-17 Academic Year.
Much of Romik's work is in the areas of algebraic and enumerative combinatorics. He was an invited speaker at the FPSAC 2017 and AofA 2017 conferences and served as co-chair of the FPSAC 2021 program committee.
Work
The sphere packing problem In 2023, Romik published a paper simplifying Maryna Viazovska's solution to the sphere packing problem in dimension 8. Viazovska's original solution relied on computer calculations to verify analytical inequalities that were an essential ingredient in her proof, making the proof a computer-assisted proof. Romik's paper presents a proof of the same inequalities that does not rely on computer calculations.
The moving sofa problem Romik's research work on the moving sofa problem has been featured on the Numberphile educational YouTube channel,Numberphile, The Moving Sofa Problem. in an article in Popular Mechanics,Popular Mechanics, Why Mathematicians Cannot Solve the Problem of Moving Your Sofa and in several other news publications and websites.Visual Insight, American Mathematical Society Blogs, Romik's Ambidextrous SofaPhys.org, New twist on sofa problem that stumped mathematicians and furniture moversThe Daily Express, Moving a sofa into a house is so tricky - it's stumped mathematicians for years3DPrint.com, UC Davis Mathematician Uses 3D Printing to Deliver New Insight into Moving Sofa Problem3 Quarks Daily, Moving Sofas in the ApocalypseDe Econometrist, The Moving Sofa ProblemOpenMind, Once Upon a Time, a Sofa in a Hallway…
Software Romik developed several software packages accompanying his research articles. He is the creator of the MadHat software system for mathematical typesetting and publishing.MadHat - About.
Selected publications Books
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External links
Homepage MadHat Website