North British Geometric Group Theory Seminar

    Durham, Wednesday 19 February 2025

    There will be a meeting of the North British Geometric Group Theory Seminar in Durham on February 19th. The details are as follows:

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    Lunch: Before the talks, we will meet for a lunch at 12pm near the main entrance to the department - please e-mail Anna Felikson if you plan to join. The lunch will be in the Grey college, very close to the department, if you arrive between 12pm and 13pm you can join us there (see here for the map).

    • 14:00-14:50 MCS3070 (MAGIC) Anna Pratoussevitch (Liverpool) Farey Bryophylla
    • 15:10-16:00 MCS3070 (MAGIC) Martin Bridson (Oxford) Acyclic embeddings, the homology of groups, and profinite invariants
    • 16:00-16:30 Tea

    • 16:30-17:20 MCS3070 (MAGIC) Irene Pasquinelli (Bristol) How many times can two curves on a surface intersect?

    Dinner: There will be a dinner at 6pm at Lebaneat restaurant. Please e-mail Anna Felikson if you plan to attend.

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    The MAGIC room MCS3070 is on the top floor of the Maths and Computer Science building, in the central corridor.