SMS scnews item created by Ulrich Thiel at Wed 8 Aug 2018 1807
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Expiry: 19 Sep 2018
Calendar1: 17 Aug 2018 1200-1300
CalLoc1: Carslaw 375
CalTitle1: Scherich -- Discrete Representations of the Braid Groups
Auth: [email protected] (uthi9031) in SMS-WASM

Algebra Seminar: Scherich -- Discrete Representations of the Braid Groups

Nancy Scherich (UC Santa Barbara) 

Friday 17 August, 12-1pm, Place: Carslaw 375 

Title: Discrete Representations of the Braid Groups 

Abstract: Many well known representations of the braid groups are parameterized. Using
a little algebraic number theory, I will show how to carefully choose evaluations of the
parameter so that the image is a discrete group, and sometimes lands in a lattice! It is
exciting to see how algebraic techniques give rise to more geometric results.

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