Amitsur Algebra: Gili Schul (Hebrew U): Rapid expansion in finite simple groups

Date: 
Thu, 07/01/201612:00-13:15
Location: 
Manchester Building (room 209), Jerusalem, Israel
Title: Rapid expansion in finite simple groups
Abstract: We show that small normal subsets $A$ of finite simple groups expand
very rapidly -- namely, $|A^2| \ge |A|^{2-\epsilon}$, where $\epsilon >0$ is
arbitrarily small.
Joint work with M. W. Liebeck and A. Shalev