New paper of a Lincoln algebraist in a high-ranking mathematical journal
New paper by Evgeny Khukhro (Univ. of Lincoln) and Pavel Shumyatsky (Univ. of Brasilia) “Compact groups with countable Engel sinks” has been accepted for publication in one of the highest-ranking mathematical … Continue reading
London Mathematical Society Regional Meeting and Workshop grant
The Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra has successfully received a London Mathematical Society (LMS) grant to host an LMS Regional Meeting and Workshop at the University of Lincoln in early … Continue reading
Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Dr Daniel Woodhouse
On Wednesday the 26th of February 2020, Dr Daniel Woodhouse (University of Oxford) visited the Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra and gave a talk “Leighton’s graph covering theorem”. Abstract: Leighton’s … Continue reading
London Mathematical Society Research Grant
Anitha Thillaisundaram successfully secured a London Mathematical Society Scheme 4 Research in Pairs Grant. The Scheme 4 grant is for Dominik Francoeur (École normale supérieure de Lyon) to visit the … Continue reading
Algebra seminar by James Williams
In September 2020, James Williams (University of Bristol) will be visiting the Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra and giving a talk at 3.00pm in INB3305. The details of his talk … Continue reading
Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Iker de las Heras
On the 22nd of January 2020, Iker de las Heras (University of the Basque Country) visited Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra and gave a talk “Hausdorff dimension and Hausdorff spectra … Continue reading
Forthcoming conference on group theory
Evgeny Khukhro is an invited speaker at the forthcoming international conference “Ischia Group Theory 2020”, which will take place in Ischia (Italy), from 30th of March to 4th of April, … Continue reading
Anitha Thillaisundaram gave a research talk at the University of Graz
On Friday the 10th of January 2020, Anitha Thillaisundaram spoke on her research on maximal subgroups of branch groups, at the University of Graz.
December 2019 update for 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. Precious few new solutions appear, both of problems from the latest section and from the … Continue reading
Anitha Thillaisundaram attended the Functor Categories for Groups meeting in London
On Monday the 16th of December 2019, Anitha Thillaisundaram attended a meeting on “Cohomology and Mackey Functors for Profinite Groups”, as part of the Functor Categories for Groups Series. This … Continue reading
Anitha Thillaisundaram gave a Pure Maths Colloquium at the University of Sheffield
On Wednesday the 11th of December 2019, Anitha Thillaisundaram spoke at the Pure Maths Colloquium at the University of Sheffield. She spoke on “Ramification structures for quotients of generalised Grigorchuk-Gupta-Sidki … Continue reading
LARA Seminar by Elena Di Domenico
On Thursday the 5th of December 2019, Elena Di Domenico (University of Trento and University of the Basque Country, Bilbao), who is in Lincoln visiting the Charlotte Scott Research Centre … Continue reading
Anitha Thillaisundaram gave a seminar at the University of Manchester
On Tuesday the 26th of November 2019, Anitha Thillaisundaram gave a seminar at the University of Manchester. She spoke on her joint work with Dominik Francoeur on the maximal subgroups … Continue reading
Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Prof. Colva Roney-Dougal
On the 20th of November 2019, Prof. Colva Roney-Dougal (University of St Andrews) visited Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra and gave a talk “Polynomial-time proofs that groups are hyperbolic”. Abstract: A … Continue reading
Anitha Thillaisundaram gave a seminar at the University of Birmingham
On Tuesday the 19th of November 2019, Anitha Thillaisundaram gave a talk at the Algebra Seminar at the University of Birmingham. She spoke on her joint work with Dominik Francoeur … Continue reading
Algebra seminar in Lincoln: talk by Matthew Conder
On the 13th of November 2019, Matthew Conder (University of Cambridge) visited Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra and gave a talk “Discrete and free two-generated subgroups of SL2 over non-archimedean … Continue reading