Event Detail

Event Type: 
Department Colloquium
Date/Time: 
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 09:00
Location: 
Kidder 350

Speaker Info

Guest Speaker: 
Dr. Gerald Williams
Institution: 
University of Essex
Abstract: 

Cyclically presented groups, such as the Fibonacci groups, are ones defined by a presentation with a cyclic symmetry. Circulant matrices and graphs are ones with a similar symmetry. Circulants play a role in understanding the structure of cyclically presented groups and, conversely, cyclically presented groups can be used to obtain results on circulants. I will discuss a range of algebraic and number theoretic techniques that can be applied to such problems.

Host: 
William A. Bogley