Algebra seminar

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jason Bell, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

“Gromov's theorem VI: linear groups and the ping-pong lemma”

We'll continue our look at linear groups and look at the so-called ping-pong lemma, which is a tool used to prove the existence of free subgroups and free subsemigroups.