What is property (T) and why should we care about it?

Wed, 03/11/2010
11:30
Ric Wade (University of Oxford) Algebra Kinderseminar Add to calendar ChCh, Tom Gate, Room 2
This talk will be an introduction to property (T). It was originally introduced by Kazhdan as a method of showing that certain discrete subgroups of Lie groups are finitely generated, but has expanded to become a widely used tool in group theory. We will take a short tour of some of its uses.