Research Group

Asymptotic Group Theory

[RG #79] Asymptotic Group Theory

February 15 - August 15, 2000

Organizers:

Avinoam Mann (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Aner Shalev (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

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This research group will explore the following topics:

Infinite groups:
- Branch groups and automata groups, their subgroups, representations, presentations, and subgroup growth
- Zeta functions of nilpotent groups
- Rigid groups
- Redidual properties of the modular group

Finite groups:
- Asymptotic aspects of finite simple groups, and probabilistic aspects in particular
- Generation, and random generation, of finite simple groups
- Algorithms for matrix groups

 

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Jan Retsö

FELLOW
University of Gothenburg
Jan is a professor in the Institute of Oriental and African Languages at the University of Gothenburg. His research interests are: Arabic linguistics; Semitic languages; and pre-Islamic history of Arabia.
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Roy Meshulam

FELLOW
Technion
Roy is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Technion. His research interests are: applications of topology to combinatorics.
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Robert Hoyland

FELLOW
University of Oxford
Robert is a professor in the Oriential Institute at the University of Oxford.
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Steven Fassberg

FELLOW
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Steven E. Fassberg, of the Department of Hebrew Language at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, holds the Caspar Levias Chair in Ancient Semitic Languages.
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Frank van den Bosch

FELLOW
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Frank van den Bosch is a research associate at the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany. His research interests are various aspects of cosmology, large scale structure, and galaxy formation.