Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Lincoln

Update for latest edition of the “Kourovka Notebook (Unsolved Problems in Group Theory)”

An update for the current 19th edition of “Kourovka Notebook (Unsolved Problems in Group Theory)” is  posted.  Several problems, both from the latest section and from the previous ones, have now been … Continue reading

June 11, 2018 · Leave a comment

LARA Seminar by Callum Burrows

On Wednesday the 30th of May 2018, Callum Burrows gave the last of this semester’s LARA (Lincoln Algebra Research Afternoons) seminars on “The Grigorchuk group”.  

June 5, 2018 · Leave a comment

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Dr Sam Morley

On Wednesday 23 May 2018, Sam Morley (Nottingham Trent University) visited the University of Lincoln and gave a talk  “Extensions of uniform algebras”. Abstract: “Algebraic extensions of uniform algebras, and more … Continue reading

May 28, 2018 · 1 Comment

Kourovka Notebook, 19th edition

Originally posted on Peter Cameron's Blog:
The latest edition (the 19th) of the Kourovka Notebook has just been released. It now has its own website, https://kourovka-notebook.org/. The Kourovka Notebook…

May 19, 2018 · Leave a comment

LARA seminar by Sandro Mattarei

On 16th of May we had a seminar within the Lincoln Algebra Research Afternoons (LARA), with Sandro Mattarei reporting on his work on Additive subgroups and inversion in finite fields.  

May 16, 2018 · 1 Comment

New 19th edition of the “Kourovka Notebook (Unsolved Problems in Group Theory)”

“Kourovka Notebook” is a famous collection of open problems in group theory proposed by hundreds of mathematicians from all over the world. It has been published every 2-4 years since … Continue reading

May 10, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Dan Segal

On 25th of April 2018, Professor Dan Segal (University of Oxford) visited the University of Lincoln and gave a talk at the Algebra seminar “On groups of finite upper rank”. … Continue reading

April 27, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by George Willis

On Thursday the 19th of April 2018 George Willis (Newcastle, Australia) gave a talk on “Totally disconnected, locally compact groups” at the Lincoln Algebra seminar (see abstract here). Introducing the … Continue reading

April 22, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Martyn Quick

On Wednesday the 18th of April 2018, Martyn Quick (St Andrews) visited Lincoln and gave a talk “Presentations for Thompson’s infinite simple group V and some of its generalisations“. Abstract: Thompson’s … Continue reading

April 20, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebraic conference in Lincoln on totally disconnected locally compact groups

On Friday the 13th of April 2018 a one-day algebraic conference was conducted at the University of Lincoln “The category of totally disconnected locally compact groups“.  The conference was supported … Continue reading

April 15, 2018 · 2 Comments

International conference “Group Theory Ischia–2018”

Evgeny Khukhro was an invited speaker at the conference “Ischia Group Theory–2018″ (Ischia, Italy, 19–24 March). He gave a plenary talk Almost Engel compact groups on 23 March. This biennial conference is an influential forum … Continue reading

April 4, 2018 · 1 Comment

British Mathematical Colloquium-2018

British Mathematical Colloquium-2018 will be held in St Andrews on 11–14 June. Congratulations to Dr Simon Smith who is an invited speaker at this largest annual pure mathematics conference!

March 29, 2018 · 1 Comment

Charlotte Scott Research Centre for Algebra opens in Lincoln

Originally posted on Maths & Physics News:
On 7 February 2018 President of the London Mathematical Society Prof. Caroline Series FRS inaugurated the new research centre in the University of…

March 14, 2018 · 1 Comment

2nd Annual Charlotte Scott Lecture in Mathematics by Prof. Caroline Series FRS

Originally posted on Maths & Physics News:
Prof. C. Series FRS On 7 February the 2nd Annual Charlotte Scott Lecture in Mathematics was given in Isaac Newton building of University of…

March 2, 2018 · Leave a comment

LARA Seminar by Valentina Iusa

On Wednesday the 28th of February, Valentina Iusa continued this semester’s LARA seminars on “The origins of amenability” based on the lecture notes by Alejandra Garrido. This talk was on … Continue reading

March 1, 2018 · 1 Comment

Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Stacey Law

On Wednesday the 14th of February, Stacey Law (Cambridge) visited Lincoln and gave a talk “On the p’-subgraph of the Young graph“. Abstract:  Let be a prime number and any … Continue reading

February 17, 2018 · 1 Comment

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