Seminar series
Date
Wed, 17 Jun 2009
Time
11:30 -
12:30
Location
ChCh, Tom Gate, Room 2
Speaker
Mikhail Ershov
Organisation
University of Virginia
I will describe in detail the first construction of infinite, finitely generated torsion groups due to Golod in early 60s --
these groups are special cases of the so-called Golod-Shafarevich groups. If time allows, I will discuss some related constructions and open problems.