Workshop “Geometric, Asymptotic, Combinatorial Group Theory with Applications (GAGTA)”August 15-19, 2010Program |
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Sunday, August 15, 2010 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)
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Session - Mini-courses
Meeting room : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:50
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David Fisher
(Indiana University - Bloomington) Quasi-isometric rigidity - I | Abstract |
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10:00 - 10:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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10:20 - 11:10
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Mark Sapir
(Vanderbilt University ) Asymptotic cones of groups - I | Abstract
Notes (taken by M. Hagen) |
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Meeting room : 6214 |
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11:20 - 12:10
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Vincent Guirardel
(Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III) Isomorphism problem for rigid relative hyperbolic groups | Abstract |
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12:20 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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Meeting room : 6214 |
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14:00 - 14:50
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Gilbert Levitt
(Université de Caen) McCool groups and stabilizers on the boundary of outer space | Abstract |
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15:00 - 15:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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15:20 - 16:10
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Lewis Bowen
(Texas A&M University) Free Groups in Lattices | Abstract |
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16:20 - 17:10
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Alexei G. Miasnikov
(Stevens Institute of technology) Zero-one laws, random structures, and a large scale first-order logic | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
Monday, August 16, 2010 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room 6245
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Session - Mini-courses
Meeting room : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:50
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David Fisher
(Indiana University - Bloomington) Quasi-isometric rigidity - II | Abstract |
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10:00 - 10:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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10:20 - 11:10
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Mark Sapir
(Vanderbilt University ) Asymptotic cones of groups - II | Abstract
Notes (taken by M. Hagen) |
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Meeting room : 6214 |
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11:20 - 12:10
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Mikhail Ershov
(University of Virginia) Groups of positive weighted deficiency | Abstract |
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12:20 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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Session - Lectures at the Leading Edge
Meeting room : 6214 |
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14:00 - 14:50
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Efim Zelmanov
(University of California, San Diego) On Geometric Theory of Algebras | Abstract |
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15:00 - 15:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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15:20 - 16:10
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Alex Lubotzky
(The Hebrew University) Short presentations of finite simple groups | Abstract |
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16:20
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Reception
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Room 6245
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room 6245
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Session - Lecture at the Leading Edge
Meeting room : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:50
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Alex Lubotzky
(The Hebrew University) Sieve methods in group theory | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
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10:00 - 10:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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Session - Mini-courses
Meeting room : 6214 |
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10:20 - 11:10
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David Fisher
(Indiana University - Bloomington) Quasi-isometric rigidity - III | Abstract |
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11:20 - 12:10
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Mark Sapir
(Vanderbilt University ) Asymptotic cones of groups - III | Abstract
Notes (taken by M. Hagen) |
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12:20 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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Meeting room : 6214 |
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14:00 - 14:50
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Anton Klyachko
(Moscow State University) One-relator relative group presentations with powered unimodular relator | Abstract |
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15:00 - 15:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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15:20 - 16:10
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Alexander Yu. Olshanskii
(Vanderbilt University) On space functions of machines and groups | Abstract |
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16:20 - 17:10
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Marina Popova
(Marina Popova & Associates Inc.) Abstract art and mathematics: at the crossroades |
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17:20
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Reception
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Room 6245
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room 6245
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Meeting room : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:50
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Eugene Plotkin
(Bar-Ilan University) New approaches in finite solvable groups | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
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10:00 - 10:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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10:20 - 11:10
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Timothy Riley
(Cornell University) Hydra Groups: recent developments | Abstract |
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11:20 - 12:10
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Daniel Groves
(University of Illinois at Chicago) Homomorphisms to mapping class groups and surface bundles | Abstract |
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12:20 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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Meeting room : 6214 |
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14:00 - 14:50
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Alina Vdovina
(University of Newcastle) Cayley graph expanders, groups of finite width and Beauville structures | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
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15:00 - 15:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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15:20 - 16:10
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Pascal Weil
(Unversité de Bordeaux I) On statistical properties of subgroups of free groups | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
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16:20 - 16:45
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Diane Vavrichek
(Université de Montréal) Quasi-isometry invariant subgroups | Abstract |
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16:50 - 17:15
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Elena Aladova
(Bar Ilan University) What algebras are logically separable? | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
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08:30 - 09:00
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Coffee & Croissants
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Room 6245
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Meeting room : 6214 |
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09:00 - 09:50
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Alexander Dranishnikov
(University of Florida) On dimension growth of groups | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
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10:00 - 10:20
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Coffee break
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Room 6245
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10:20 - 11:10
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Jason Behrstock
(Lehman College, CUNY) Quasi-isometric classification of 3-manifold groups | Abstract |
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11:20 - 12:10
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Enric Ventura
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) A recursive presentation for Mihailova's subgroup | Abstract
Slides & Audio |
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12:20
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Closure of the workshop
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Last modified : Monday, August 30, 2010 14:18