What's On at UWA

Nick Gill (University of Bristol) will be giving a series of three talks on the topic of Growth in Groups and Graphs as follows:

* Tuesday 4 May, 12 noon, MLR2, I: Sum-Product

* Friday 7 May, 11am, MLR3, II: Growth in Groups of Lie Type

* Friday 14th May (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Brian Alspach (University of Newcastle)

will speak on

Three Hamilton Decomposition Problems

at 12 noon Tuesday 11 May in MLR2

Abstract: This talk deals with three middle-aged problems on decomposing graphs into (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Alice Devillers (UWA)

will speak on

Symmetry properties of subdivision graphs, and serendipity

at 12 noon in MLR2 on Tuesday 18 May

Abstract: (Joint work with Ashraf Daneshkhah and Cheryl E. Praeger)

T (...)

An IAS public lecture by Winthrop Professor Cheryl Praeger AM FAA, Director of the Centre for Mathematics of Symmetry and Computation at UWA and 2009 WA Scientist of the Year.

As the vital role of technology in modern society increases, the mathematical sciences are becoming (...)

Groups and Combinatoric Seminar

Michael Giudici (UWA)

will speak on

Point regular automorphism groups of generalised quadrangles

at 12 noon on Tuesday 25 May in MLR2

Abstract: (joint work with John Bamberg) Studying regular automorphism (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Carmen Amarra (UWA)

will speak on

Symmetric graphs of diameter 2 arising from the classical groups

at 12noon Tuesday 22nd June in MLR2

Abstract: Let V be a vector space of dimension d over a field of q elements (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Mehdi Behzad, Sharif University, Tehran

will speak on

Several open problems in graph theory

at 2pm Friday 16th July in MLR2

(**Note the different time to usual***)

The speaker is also giving a (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Alan Sokal (New York University and University College, London)

will speak on

Some wonderful conjectures (but almost no theorems) at the boundary between analysis, combinatorics and probability

at 12 noon on Tuesday 20 (...)

Nick Gill (Bristol)

will continue his series of lectures on growth in groups and graphs

at the following times

Wednesday 21/7 at 11am

Friday 23/7 at 11am

and Tuesday 27/7 at 1pm

All seminars will be held in MLR2

I: (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Hassan Alavi (UWA)

will speak on

Triple factorisations: geometric approach

at 1pm Tuesday 3rd of August in MLR2

Abstract:

Triple factorisations G = ABA, for proper subgroups A and B of a group G, are (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Peter McNamara (Stanford)

will speak on

Factorial Schur Polynomials from the viewpoint of the Six Vertex Model

at 1pm Tuesday 10th August in MLR2

Abstract: The factorial Schur polynomials, also known as (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Ricky Rotheram (Melbourne)

will speak on

Cores of vertex-transitive graphs

at 1 pm Tuesday 17th August in MLR2

Abstract: A homomorphism of two graphs X and Y is a map between the vertex sets V(X) and V(Y) (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Phill Schultz (UWA)

will speak on

The subgroup lattice of a rational vector space

at 1pm Tuesday 24th of August in MLR2

Abstract: We all learned that the set of subgroups of a group forms a complete lattice (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Moharram Iradmusa (Shahid Behestiti University, Iran)

will speak on

Two generalizations of Cayley graphs

at 1pm Tuesday 31st of August in MLR2

Abstract: The class of Cayley graphs is an important subset of (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Brian Corr (UWA)

will speak on

Primary Cyclic Matrices

at 1pm Tuesday 7 September in MLR2

Abstract: Let G be an algebra of dxd matrices over a field F and denote m_X(t) and c_X(t) the minimal and the (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Harald Helfgott (Bristol)

will speak on

Growth in the abstract projective plane

at 1pm Tuesday 14 September in MLR2

Abstract: Results on growth in algebraic structures (fields, rings) are equivalent to results (...)

Anton Betten (Colorado State University)

will speak on

Four problems in finite geometry

at 1pm Tuesday 21 September in MLR2

Abstract: I will survey the status of four open problems in Finite Geometry, and report on recent partial progress. The structures (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Pablo Spiga (UWA)

will speak on

Stabilisers of connected vertex-transitive graphs.

at 1pm Tuesday 5th October in MLR2

Abstract: I will give an overview on the structure and on the size of the stabiliser of a (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Hua Zhang (UWA)

will speak on

Finite vertex-biprimitive tetravalent graphs

at 1pm Tuesday 12th of October in MLR2.

Abstract: A graph is called vertex-biprimitive if it is bipartite and its automorphism group (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Neil Gillespie (UWA)

will speak on

r-Neighbour Transitive codes in the Hamming graph

at 1pm on Tuesday 19th of October in MLR2

Abstract: A code in the Hamming graph, H(m,q), is a subset of the vertex set of (...)