• 2017 Dec 28

# Amitsur Algebra: Ari Shnidman (Boston College), "The behavior of rational points in one-parameter families"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Ross 70, Math Building, Givat Ram
Title: The behavior of rational points in one-parameter families Abstract: How often does a "random" algebraic plane curve f(x,y) = 0 have a solution with rational coordinates? In one-parameter "twist" families of elliptic curves, Goldfeld conjectured that there should be a rational point exactly half of the time. Recent progress towards this conjecture makes use of Selmer groups, and I'll explain the geometric idea underlying their construction. I'll also describe results for families of curves of higher genus, and abelian varieties of higher dimension.
• 2017 Jun 29

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester 209
Title: Stability patterns in representation theory and applications Abstract: Many natural sequences of objects come equipped with group actions, e.g. the symmetric group on n letters acting on a space X_n. This leads to fundamental instability of invariants, such as homology, arising from the representation theory of the sequence of groups. Representation stability is a new and increasingly important set of ideas that describe a sense in which such sequence of representations (of different groups) stabilizes.
• 2017 Jun 22

# Amitsur Algebra: Jan Dobrowolski

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester 209
Title: Inp-minimal ordered groups. Abstract. The main goal of the talk is to present the proof of the theorem stating that inp-minimal (left)-ordered groups are abelian. This generalizes a previous result of P. Simon for bi-ordered inp-minimal groups.
• 2017 May 25

# Amitsur Algebra: Katrin Tent, "Sharply 2- and 3-transitive groups"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester 209
The existence of sharply 2-transitive groups without regular normal subgroup was a longstanding open problem. Recently constructions have been given, at least in certain characteristics. We will survey the current state of the art and explain some constructions and their limitations. (joint work with E. Rips)
• 2017 May 04

# Amitsur Algebra: Jasbir Chahal, " A tale of three elliptic curves"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester 209
Title: A tale of three elliptic curves. Abstract: We will show how the arithmetic of three elliptic curves answers three old questions in the Euclidean geometry.
• 2017 Mar 23

# Amitsur Algebra: Daniel Palacin, "Pseudo-finite groups containing an involution with a finite centralizer"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester 209
Title: Pseudo-finite groups containing an involution with a finite centralizer.
• 2017 Mar 02

# Amitsur Algebra: Lev Glebsky, " Almost Congruence Extension Property for subgroups of free groups"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester Building, Room 209
Title: Almost Congruence Extension Property for subgroups of free groups. Abstract. The talk essentially based on: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02345 Let G be a group and H
• 2017 Feb 09

# Amitsur Algebra: Evan DeCorte, "The spectral method for geometric colouring problems"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester Building, Room 209
Title: The spectral method for geometric colouring problems
• 2017 Jan 26

# Amitsur Algebra: Lev Glebsky, "Approximations of groups and equations over groups"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester Building, Room 209
Title: Approximations of groups and equations over groups. Abstract: The talk is largely based on the paper which may be found here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1UN3b4~FOr6ze Abstract: Let G be a group and K a class of groups. I define a notion of approximation of G by K and give several characterizations of approximable by K groups. For example, the sofic groups, defined by B. Weiss, are the groups approximable by symmetric (or alternating) groups. In the case of sofic groups we have that the following are equivalent:
• 2017 Jan 19

# Amitsur Algebra: Yiftach Barnea, "Old and New Results on Subgroup Growth in Pro-p Groups."

12:00pm to 1:00pm

## Location:

Manchester Building, Room 209
Title: Old and New Results on Subgroup Growth in Pro-p Groups. Abstract: I will survey our current knowledge about subgroup growth in pro-p growth. In particular I will present new solutions to long standing open problems in the area: 1. What is the minimal subgroup growth of non-$p$-adic analytic pro-$p$ groups? (Joint work with Benjamin Klopsch and Jan-Christoph Schlage-Puchta.) 2. What are the subgroup growths of the Grigorchuk group and the Gupta-Sidki groups? (Joint work with Jan-Christoph Schlage-Puchta.)