Algebraic recurrence of groups

Seminar
Speaker
Hilary Finucane, Weizmann Institute
Date
11/03/2012 - 16:00Add to Calendar 2012-03-11 16:00:00 2012-03-11 16:00:00 Algebraic recurrence of groups Consider a symmetric random walk on a group G. If the trace of the random walk generates G as a semigroup almost surely, then we say that G is algebraically recurrent. In this talk, we will present some initial steps towards understanding algebraic recurrence, including examples of algebraically recurrent and non-algebraically recurrent groups. We will conclude with some open questions.   This is joint work with Itai Benjamini and Romain Tessera.   אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - המחלקה למתמטיקה mathoffice@math.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Abstract

Consider a symmetric random walk on a group G. If the trace of the random walk generates G as a semigroup almost surely, then we say that G is algebraically recurrent. In this talk, we will present some initial steps towards understanding algebraic recurrence, including examples of algebraically recurrent and non-algebraically recurrent groups. We will conclude with some open questions.

 

This is joint work with Itai Benjamini and Romain Tessera.

 

תאריך עדכון אחרון : 14/03/2012