Groups and Geometry

Welcome

Welcome to the common homepage of the research groups of Barbara Baumeister, Kai-Uwe Bux and Christopher Voll. Here you can find information about the members of our group as well as joint activites, conferences and workshops we organise and courses that we offer.

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Members

Name Research interests Homepage
Working group Baumeister
PD Dr. habil. Barbara Baumeister Finite group theory, permutation groups. Reflection groups, Coxeter groups and generalisations. Artin groups. More
Dr. Georges Neaime Coxeter Groups, Artin Groups, Garside structures, Complex Reflection Groups, Complex Braid Groups, Hecke Algebras. More
Marcel Palmer Coxeter and Artin groups. More
Working group Bux
Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Bux Geometric group theory, finiteness properties of groups, arithmetic groups, Thompson's groups. More
Dr. Ilaria Castellano Totally disconnected locally compact groups, geometric group theory, finiteness properties of groups, asymptotic group theory and entropy theory. More
Dr. Elisa Hartmann Geometric group theory and metric geometry. More
Dr. José Pedro Quintanilha Low dimensional topology and geometric group theory. More
Jonas Flechsig Geometric group theory, orbifold braid groups, arc matching complexes. More
Paul Hannes Schneider Geometric group theory, finiteness properties of groups, graph theory. More
Working group Kühne
Prof. Dr. Lukas Kühne Combinatorial Algebra, geometric combinatorics, computer algebra. More
Sebastian Degen Matroids, q-Matroids, coding theory. More
Leonie Mühlherr Combinatorial Algebra, Hyperplane Arrangements, Graph Theory. More
Working group Voll
Prof. Dr. Christopher Voll Asymptotic group theory, algebraic combinatorics, enumerative problems. More
Dr. Ilaria Castellano Totally disconnected locally compact groups, geometric group theory, finiteness properties of groups, asymptotic group theory and entropy theory. More
Dr. Karthika Rajeev Asymptotic group theory, geometric group theory. More
Lars Bügemannskemper Automorphisms of finite $p$-groups, pro-isomorphic zeta functions of group. More
Bianca Marchionna Totally disconnected locally compact groups, asymptotic group theory, geometric group theory. More
Elena Tielker Ehrhart theory, permutation statistics. More
Marlies Vantomme Zeta functions. More

Former members

  • Dr. Josh Maglione
  • Dr. Viola Siconolfi
  • Dr. Seungjai Lee
  • Dr. Mima Stanojkovski
  • Dr. Xiaolei Wu
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Witzel
  • Dr. Sophiane Yahiatène
  • Prof. Dr. Dawid Kielak
  • Dr. Eduard Schesler
  • Christoph Hilmes
  • Dr. Benjamin Brück
  • Dr. Alastair Litterick
  • Dr. Yuri Santos Rego
  • Dr. Paula Lins

Guests

Teaching

Title Lecturer Link
Winter Semester 2023/2024
GruppentheorieBarbara BaumeisterMore
LatticesKai-Uwe BuxMore
Lineare Algebra IILukas KühneMore

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Summer semester 2023
Elementare ZahlentheorieBarbara BaumeisterMore
Lie Algebras and Lie GroupsChristopher VollMore
Linear Algebra ILukas KühneMore
Winter semester 2022/2023
Algebraische ZahlentheorieChristopher VollMore
Lineare Algebra IIBarbara BaumeisterMore
Proseminar zur GraphentheorieLukas KühneMore
Seminar AlgebraChristopher VollMore
Summer semester 2022
Algebra IIChristopher VollMore
Lineare Algebra IBarbara BaumeisterMore
Proseminar Abzählende KombinatorikChristopher VollMore
Proseminar MatroideLukas KühneMore
Winter semester 2021/2022
Masterseminar AlgebraChristopher VollMore
Masterseminar KryptographieBarbara BaumeisterMore
Mathematik für Naturwissenschaften I Christopher VollMore
Operations ResearchBarbara BaumeisterMore
Orientierende PraxisstudienBarbara BaumeisterMore
Proseminar CoxetergruppenJosh MaglioneMore
Proseminar Konvexe GeometrieElena TielkerMore
StochastikKai-Uwe BuxMore
Summer semester 2021
Asymptotische GruppentheorieChristopher VollMore
Diskrete Mathematik III: Kryptographie mit nicht-abelschen GruppenBarbara BaumeisterMore
Einführung in die LogikKai-Uwe BuxMore
Lie Algebras and Lie GroupsChristopher VollMore
Mathematik für Chemie IIChristopher VollMore
Optimization and DynamicsViola SiconolfiMore
Winter semester 2020/2021
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic GeometryChristopher VollMore
Discrete Mathematics II: CryptographyBarbara BaumeisterMore
Mathematics I for chemistsChristopher VollMore
Optimization for Quatitative EconomicsSeungjai LeeMore
Summer semester 2020
Algebraic Number TheoryChristopher VollMore
Discrete Mathematics I: Coding TheoryBarbara BaumeisterMore
Knot TheoryDawid KielakMore
Mathematics for Natural Science IIChristopher VollMore
Optimization and DynamicsJoshua MaglioneMore
Proseminar: Groups and SymmetriesXiaolei WuMore
Stochastics IIKai-Uwe BuxMore
Winter semester 2019/2020
3-ManifoldsDawid KielakMore
Mathematics for Natural Science IChristopher VollMore
Operations ResearchBarbara BaumeisterMore
Proseminar: Graph TheoryJoshua MaglioneMore
Proseminar: Groups and GraphsChristoph Hilmes, Jonas FlechsigMore
StochasticsKai-Uwe BuxMore
Summer semester 2019
\(L^2 \)-InvariantsDawid KielakMore
Algebra IIMima StanojkovskiMore
Analysis IIKai-Uwe BuxMore
Elementary number theoryBarbara BaumeisterMore
Monster & Co: The finite simple groupsBarbara BaumeisterMore
Winter semester 2018/2019
Algebra IChristopher VollMore
Analysis IKai-Uwe BuxMore
Data and randomnessBarbara BaumeisterMore
Diskrete MathematikLukas KühneMore
Masterseminar on non-crossing partitions, Coxeter- and Artin groupsBarbara Baumeister, Georges NeaimeMore

Seminars

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Winter Semester 2023/2024
AI methods in research mathematicsMore
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore

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Summer semester 2023
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group: Mathematical data and machine learningMore
Reading group: Topological groups and dynamicsMore
Winter semester 2022/2023
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group on Sigma invariantsMore
Reading group: Bjorner, Brenti, "Combinatorics of Coxeter Groups"More
Summer semester 2022
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group on Sigma invariantsMore
Reading Group on Stanley's Combinatorics and Commutative Algebra bookMore
Winter semester 2021/2022
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group on Affine BuildingsMore
Reading group on Sigma invariantsMore
Summer semester 2021
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group about big Mapping Class GroupsMore
Reading group on tropical geometryMore
Winter semester 2020/2021
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group about Thompson's groupsMore
Reading group in asymptotic group theoryMore
Summer semester 2020
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading Group: Asymptotic Group TheoryMore
Winter semester 2019/2020
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading Group: Asymptotic Group TheoryMore
Tuesday GGTMore
Summer semester 2019
BiMsMore
Friday GGTMore
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group Asymptotic Group TheoryMore
SYMBolMore
The Geometry of Coxeter and Artin GroupsMore
Winter semester 2018/2019
BiMsMore
Oberseminar Groups and GeometryMore
Reading group Asymptotic Group TheoryMore

Conferences

Sep 24th - Sep 26th, 2019
Outer Space in Bielefeld

The Faculty of Mathematics will host this conference about outer space, groups of (outer) automorphisms of free groups and related topics.

Aug 30th - Sep 04th, 2021
The dual approach to Coxeter and Artin groups; Garside theory and applications

The event is a summer school organised by Barbara Baumeister, Georges Neaime, and Sarah Rees.

Mar 28th - Apr 01st, 2022
Topological and Homological Methods in Group Theory

The third instalment of the THGT conference series.

Sep 05th - Sep 09th, 2022
Geometry meets Combinatorics in Bielefeld

The conference is organized by Martina Juhnke-Kubitze, Lukas Kühne, Raman Sanyal, and Christopher Voll.

Mar 09th - Feb 10th, 2023
Asymptotic Algebra 2023

The aim is to bring together researchers studying algebraic objects using asymptotic and enumerative methods.

Mar 18th - Mar 22nd, 2024
Topological and Homological Methods in Group Theory 2024

This is the fourth instalment of the THGT conference series. The conference takes place in Bielefeld in spring, and it welcomes researchers studying groups through their interactions with topology and homology.

Sep 28th - Sep 30th, 2023
Groups 23 - Northern group theory colloquium in honour of Bernd Fischer

A range of talks presenting recent research in group theory.