Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics
Groups
and
Dynamics Seminar
Spring 2006
Time and Place
Unless otherwise stated, the Groups and Dynamics Seminar meeting
coordinates are
- Time: Wednesdays 3:00p.m.--3:50p.m.
- Place: 216 Milner Hall
Full schedule
1st of February, 2006
Speaker: Volodymyr Nekrashevych of Texas A&M University
Title: A minimal Cantor set in the space of
3-generated groups. Abstract.
8th of February, 2006
Speaker: Volodymyr Nekrashevych of Texas A&M University
Title: A Cantor set of
3-generated groups II: Limit space and dynamics. Abstract.
22nd of February, 2006
Speaker: Daniel Berend of Ben Gurion University
Title: Nilpotent Groups are Round. Abstract.
1st of March, 2006
Speaker: Bogdan Petrenko of Texas A&M
University
Title: Finite direct sums of matrix rings are
2-generated with finitely many relations. Abstract.
22nd of March, 2006
Speaker: Alexander Teplyaev
Title: Spectrum of symmetric point-connected
self-similar graphs and fractals. Abstract
29th of March, 2006
Speaker: Jim Belk
Title: Strand Diagrams, Configuration Spaces, and
Associahedra. Abstract
12th of April, 2006 at 3:00--3:50
Speaker: George Willis
Title: Almost normal subgroups of SL(n, Z). Abstract
12th of April, 2006 at 4:00--4:50
Speaker: Benjamin Steinberg
Title: Rational
subsets of groups. Abstract
19th of April, 2006
Speaker: Yuri Leonov
Title: Growth of self-similar groups. Abstract
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