Agenda

17
Apr

Simon Drewitz (Uni Fribourg): Sims' Low Index Subgroup Algorithm

Academic or specialist Seminar
17.04.2019 10:20 - 12:00
Onsite

Selberg's Lemma tells us that every isometry group Γ of the hyperbolic n-space contains a torsion free subgroup G of finite index.
This gives the existence of a covering manifold M over the orbifold defined by Γ.
However, the proof is not constructive.

I will explain a well known algorithm by Sims listing all subgroups of a finitely presented group up to a given index.
Using work by Carter on torsion elements of Coxeter groups, this algorithm can help finding specifically torsion free subgroups of Coxeter groups.
This will enable us to search for covering manifolds of Coxeter orbifolds.


When? 17.04.2019 10:20 - 12:00
Where? PER 12
Chemin du Musée 23, 1700 Fribourg 
Contact ivan.izmestiev@unifr.ch
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