2. Algebra

Finite groups and their representations. Infinite and topological groups (except as specified in section 7). Combinatorial group theory. Rings, algebras and modules (except as specified in section 7). Algebraic K-theory. Category theory and homological algebra. Computational algebra.

INVITED SPEAKERS

William Crawley-Boevey     
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Quiver algebras, weighted projective lines, and the Deligne-Simpson problem
Tuesday, August 29, 17:00-17:45
 
Bernhard Keller        
Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
On differential graded categories
Tuesday, August 29, 15:00-15:45
 
Raphael Rouquier    
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
and
CNRS Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu, Paris, France
Derived equivalences and categorification
Tuesday, August 29, 16:00-16:45

Mark Sapir    
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Algorithmic and asymptotic properties of groups
Thursday, August 24, 16:00-16:45
 
Akos Seress  
The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
A unified approach to computations with permutation and matrix groups
Thursday, August 24, 15:00-15:45

Agata Smoktunowicz
Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Some results in noncommutative ring theory
Saturday, August 26, 15:00-15:45

 
JOINT LECTURE

Zeta functions of groups and rings

Marcus du Sautoy     
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Saturday, August 26, 16:00-16:45

Fritz Grunewald    
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Saturday, August 26, 16:00-16:45