RNDr. Pavel Paták, Ph.D.
Department of Applied Mathematics, Charles University
patak AT kam.mff.cuni DOT cz
Research interests
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Generalizations of convexity
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Ramsey theory
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Topological and algebraical combinatorics
Past teaching
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2019/2020 Advanced graph theory, IST Austria
Treewidth, Choosability, Graphs on Surfaces, Nowhere dense graph classes
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2018/2019 Using topology, Masaryk University
Following the book Using Borsuk-Ulam by J. Matoušek
Publications
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
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X. Goaoc, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer, U. Wagner
Shellability is NP-complete
Journal of the ACM, Vol. 66(3): Art. 21, 18
2019
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X. Goaoc, I. Mabillard, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer, U. Wagner
Bounding Helly numbers via Betti numbers
In “Journey Through Discrete Mathematics. A Tribute to Jiří Matoušek”, Eds. M. Loebl, J. Nešetřil, R. Thomas; Springer, Cham, pp. 407-447
2017
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X. Goaoc, I. Mabillard, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer, U. Wagner
Generalized Heawood Inequalities for Manifolds: a Van Kampen–Flores-type Nonembeddability Result
Israel Journal of Mathematics Vol. 222(2): 841-866
2017
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K. Adiprasito, P. Brinkmann, A. Padrol, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, R. Sanyal
Colorful simplicial depth, Minkowski sums, and generalized Gale transforms
International Mathematics Research Notices Vol. 6: 1894-1919
2017
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É. Colin de Verdière, V. Kaluža, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer
A Direct Proof of the Strong Hanani–Tutte Theorem on the Projective Plane
Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications Vol. 21(5): 939-981
2017
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J. Cibulka, J. Matoušek, P. Paták
Three-monotone interpolation
Discrete and Computational Geometry, Vol. 54(1): 3-21
2015
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X.Goaoc, J. Matoušek, P. Paták, Z. Safernová, M. Tancer
Simplifying inclusion exclusion formulas
Comb. Probab. Comput. Volume 24(2): 438-456
2015
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R. Karasev, J. Kynčl, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer
Bounds for Pach's selection theorem and for the minimum solid angle in a simplex
Discrete and Computational Geometry, Vol. 54(3): 610-636
2015
Peer-reviewed Conferences
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X. Goaoc, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer, and U. Wagner
Shellability is NP-complete
Extended abstract in Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Computational Geometry
2018
Best paper award
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É. Colin de Verdière, V. Kaluža, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer
A Direct Proof of the Strong Hanani–Tutte Theorem on the Projective Plane
Presented at 24th International Symposium of Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
2017
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X. Goaoc, P. Paták. Z. Patáková, M. Tancer, U. Wagner
Bounding Helly number via Betti numbers
Extended abstract in Proceedings of Symposium on Computational Geometry
2015
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X. Goaoc, I. Mabillard, P. Paták, Z. Patáková, M. Tancer, U. Wagner
On Generalized Heawood Inequalities for Manifolds: a Van Kampen–Flores-type Nonembeddability Result
Extended abstract in Proceedings of Symposium on Computational Geometry
2015
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X. Goaoc, J. Matoušek, P. Paták, Z. Safernová, and M. Tancer
Simplifying inclusion-exclusion formulas
The Seventh European Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Applications
2013
Preprints
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Pavel Paták
Properties of closure operators in the plane
Preprint arXiv:1909.08489
2020
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O. Aichholzer, J. Obmann, P. Paták, D. Perz, and J. Tkadlec
Disjoint tree-compatible plane perfect matchings
Accepted for EuroCG 2020
2020
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Pavel Paták
Jordan-Hölder with uniqueness for semimodular semilattices
Preprint arXiv:1908.09912
2019
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Pavel Patákand M. Tancer
Embeddings of k-complexes into 2k-manifolds
Preprint arXiv:1904.02404
2019
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Pavel Paták
Tverberg type theorems for matroids
Preprint arXiv:1702.08170
2017
Experience
2018-2020 |
Postdoc |
IST Austria & Charles University in Prague |
Supervisor: Uli Wagner |
2017–2018 |
Postdoc |
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic |
Supervisor: Jan Slovák |
2015–2017 |
Postdoc |
Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
Supervisors: Karim Adiprasito and Gil Kalai |
Education
2010–2015 |
Ph.D. degree in Algebra, Number Theory and Mathematical Logic |
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
Thesis:Using Algebra in Geometry |
Advisor: Pavel Růžička |
2008–2010 |
Master degree in Mathematical Structures |
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
Thesis:Combinatorics of First Order Structures |
Advisor: Jan Krajíček |
2008–2010 | Bachelor degree in General Mathematics |
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
Thesis:Definability of First Order Structures (in Czech) |
Advisor: Jan Krajíček |