George Lusztig - Survey of representation theory of finite groups

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5 May 2025 11:00
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5 May 2025 12:00
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George Lusztig - Survey of representation theory of finite groups
George Lusztig - Survey of representation theory of finite groups

Date: Friday, May 9, 2025

Time: 11:00

Place: TB 310

Abstract: Let G be a finite group. The representation theory of G was first studied by Frobenius in 1896. It has become a very active field with applications to other parts of mathematics but also to chemistry. In the last 50 years this subject has much benefited from ideas in algebraic geometry and topology. We will try to explain some of these ideas.