Dear all,
The first talk of the summer will be this Wednesday from 3-4 PM EST! Our first speaker will be Annaliese Keiser from the University of Michigan, see attached for more info. You can find the
scheduled list of speakers here, please also take a look at the
participant guidelines and
code of conduct on the seminar website before joining.
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Speaker:
Annaliese Keiser, University of Michigan
Title:
An Introduction to Configuration Spaces and Braid Groups
Abstract:
This is an expository talk exploring configuration spaces and braid groups. I will give definitions and examples of configuration spaces and braid groups, explore the connection between the two, and, time permitting, state properties of each. I consider these ideas from the perspective of algebraic topology and combinatorial group theory, although these objects appear and have applications in many other areas of mathematics.
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