University of British Columbia - Department of Mathematics

Algebraic groups, Galois cohomology and related topics
Seminar - Spring 2009

Schedule
January 14 (Wed)
10 am, WMAX 110
Baptiste Calmes
(University of Cambridge)
Formal group laws and flag varieties
Abstract
January 23
10 am, WMAX 110
Travis Schedler
(MIT)
Cyclic homology and the Gauss-Manin connection
Abstract
January 30
10 am, WMAX 110
Lior Silberman
(UBC)
Diophantine Geometry in Algebraic Groups
Abstract
February 6
10am, WMAX 110
Burt Totaro
(University of Cambridge)
The torsion index of a complex reductive group
Abstract
February 13
10 am, WMAX 110
Angelo Vistoli
(Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
Group actions and moduli problems: some examples
Abstract
February 25 (Wed.)
10 am, WMAX 110
Stefan Gille
(University of Munich)
Rost cycle modules and sheaves with transfers
Abstract
March 6
10 am, WMAX 110
Masoud Kamgarpour
(UBC)
Group cohomology and extensions
Abstract
March 13
10 am, Math. Annex 1118
Nicolas Guay
(University of Alberta)
Double affine quantum algebras
Abstract
March 20
10 am, Math. Annex 1118
Jean Fasel
(UBC)
Unimodular rows over smooth algebras
Abstract
March 27
10 am, Math. Annex 1118
Alexander Duncan
(UBC)
Finite groups of essential dimension 2 over C
Abstract
April 3
10 am, Math. Annex 1118
Qendrim Gashi
(Max Plank Institute)
Title: A converse to Mazur's Inequality
Abstract
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