The Algebra Seminar

SPRING 2002

Organizer: Luise-Charlotte Kappe

Link to seminar home page and current schedule.

• January 29 : David Garrison, Lockheed-Martin
  Title: ``Metabelian Torsion Groups with Many Subnormal Subgroups''



• February 5 : Dikran Karagueuzian
  Title: ``The Wall Finiteness Obstruction and Ideal Class Groups''



• February 12 : Dikran Karagueuzian
  Title: ``The Module Structure of a Group Action on a Polynomial Ring''



• February 19 : Charles Ragozzine, SUNY Oneonta
  Title: ``From Matrix Groups to Quantum Groups''



• February 26 : David Biddle
  Title: ``Groups in which Normality is Transitive''



• March 5 : Joseph Evan, King's College
  Title: ``Permutability in a Direct Product of Modular Groups''



• March 12 : Omar Saldarriaga
  Title: ``Representation Theory of the Virasoro Algebra, I''
  This is the first part of Mr. Saldarriaga's candidacy exam. All are invited. The second part is:
• March 14 : Omar Saldarriaga
  Title: ``Representation Theory of the Virasoro Algebra, II''
  This is the second part of Mr. Saldarriaga's candidacy exam.



• March 19 : Alina Vdovina
  Title: ``Products of Commutators and Products of Squares in Finitely Generated Groups''



• March 26
  Break



• April 2 : Joseph Petrillo
  Title: ``Covering and Avoidance in a Direct Product''



• April 9 : Joshua Palmatier
  Title: ``On Chang's l-Group''



• April 16 : Qinhai Zhang
  Title: ``The Influence of Semipermutable Subgroups on the Structure of Finite Groups''



• April 23 : Howard Bell, Brock University
  Title: ``Some Centers for Groups and Rings''



• April 30 : David Biddle
  Title: ``Subgroups Related to the Tensor Center''
  This is Mr. Biddle's M.A. thesis defense. All are invited.



• May 7 : Olga Salazar
  Title: ``The Ore Theorem and Presentations''




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