Spring 2007 New York Group Theory Seminar

Fridays at 4 p.m.

Department of Mathematics
CUNY, Graduate Center


365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, 5th Floor, Room 5417
Fridays at 4:00 p.m.
Tea served beforehand at 3:30 p.m. in Mathematics Lounge, 4th floor.


Alexei Miasnikov, McGill University and Stevens Institute of Technology

Free actions, infinite words, and elimination processes

In this talk I will discuss some new results and methods on free actions of groups. Non-Archimedean infinite words and elimination processes are the main players in the game. These methods were extensively, though sometimes implicitly, used in our joint with Olga Kharlampovich solution of the Tarski's problems. It seems now they can provide an adequate tool to attack some open problems concerning with the algebraic structure of finitely generated groups acting freely on Lambda-trees.


Friday, February 2nd
Tea: 3:30 p.m. 4th Floor Mathematics Lounge
Seminar: 4 p.m. 5th Floor, Room 5417


The New York Group Theory Seminar and some of the associated conferences are supported by funds from the National Science Foundation, Dean of Science, Maria Tamargo and Dean of Engineering, Joe Barba.


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