Groups and Geometry

Tuesday GGT

Every week, the participants present a topic from geometric group theory that they find interesting. This includes articles one recently read, conference lectures one attended and open questions that might be of interest for the group.
DateTimeRoomSpeakerTitleAbstract
1 Oct 201910:15 - 12:00TBAFirst meeting of the semester
8 Oct 201910:15 - 12:00Common roomGeorges NeaimeThe K(π,1) conjecture for Artin groups
15 Oct 201910:15 - 11:45Common roomEduard ScheslerThe Sigma conjecture for solvable S-arithmetic groups via Morse theory on Euclidean buildings.
29 Oct 201910:15 - 11:15Common roomDawid KielakCohomological goodness and some RFRS groups
5 Nov 201910:15 - 11:15Common roomElena TielkerAbout multiset permutations, the genus zeta function and how the Hadamard product might connect them
12 Nov 201910:15 - 11:45Common roomJonas FlechsigBraid groups on orbifolds
19 Nov 201910:15 - 11:45Common roomKai-Uwe BuxApplications of Morse theory
3 Dec 201910:15 - 11:45Common roomXiaolei WuPolyfreeness of Artin groups
14 Jan 202010:15 - 11:15Common roomChristoph HilmesSmall Cancellation in extra large Artin groups
28 Jan 202010:15 - 11:45Common roomChristoph HilmesSmall Cancellation in large Artin groups