Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:30 pm
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3:30 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
Justin Laverdure, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"A finite pointed group with no finite basis, Part 1"
We'll go over a construction of Roger Bryant, by building a finite pointed group (P,p) with no finite basis for its laws, as far as we can go. We'll recap basic equational theory stuff, then wade knee-deep into semidirect products and counting arguments.
MC 5413