School of Mathematics Seminars and Lectures
On the Kneser-Tits problem
by Prof. Maneesh Thakur (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi)
Friday, April 20, 2012
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( AG-77 )
at Colaba Campus ( AG-77 )
Description |
The lecture will survey the famous Kneser-Tits problem for semi-simple groups over general fields, and report on recent works on the problem. The lecture will be in two parts, the first hour will be expository in nature, followed by some details in the 2nd half after a tea break. |