A new series of online seminars “Kourovka Forum” will be launched in  February of 2022: http://mca.nsu.ru/kourovkaforum/ . 

The first seminar in the new series will be held on Thursday, February 3, at 16:00 Novosibirsk time (9:00 London time) via ZOOM. The first talk is by Alex Lubotzky, Stability and testability of permutations’ equations. The zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5578968779 .

As an additional feature of the Kourovka Notebook, this series of seminars is intended to highlight the most promising research directions in group theory and, more generally, algebra, along with other relevant fields of mathematics. Clear formulations of the problems may help young researchers to focus their efforts and give them a higher chance of achieving outstanding mathematical results.

The seminars will be held once in two weeks on Thursdays. The starting time of the seminar will vary depending on the preferences of the speaker, taking…