A cabinet of curiosities of groups
Bachelor- und Master Seminar on exotic groups and their constructions.
Instructors: Petra Schwer und José Pedro Quintanilha
How wild can a group be?
This seminar is a guided tour through some of the most fascinating and unusual examples of geometric group theory.
We focus on groups with surprising constructions, exotic actions, or unexpected algebraic properties. We encounter Thompson's groups, braid groups, and groups that act on graphs, non-positively curved spaces, or fractal spaces.
We offer an introduction to a wide variety of current topics and build bridges to research. Prior knowledge of geometric group theory or topology is necessary for some of the talks.
Information
A preliminary meeting for assigning talks took place on Tuesday, April 14 at 16:15, in SR 8.
The talks will happen in four blocks throughout the semester.
Please keep the following dates reserved for the seminar:
Fridays, May 15th and 22nd,
as well as
Fridays, July 17th and 24th.
The tentative schedule for each of these meetings is:
13:15 - 14:30 first talk
15:00 - 16:15 second talk
16:30 - 17:45 third talk
The seminar program will be published soon!
Please register on Müsli if you are participating in the seminar.
More details are contained in the program linked below.
