Modular Invariants and Representations of Finite Groups: Theory and Computation

Programme


Thursday September 11, 2003.

10:00 David Green (Wuppertal), Commutative algebra and computational group cohomology
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Chris Woodcock (Kent), Some commutative group rings
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Nicolas Thiéry (Lyon), SAGBI bases of invariant rings of permutation groups
15:30 Coffee
16:00 Johannes Siemons (East Anglia), A group-invariant simplicial homology


Friday September 12, 2003.

10:00 Steve Linton (St Andrews), A survey of computational representation theory, concentrating in particular on modular representations of simple groups.
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Emmanuel Briand (Marne-la-Vallée), Multisymmetric Polynomials
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Gregor Kemper (Munich), Depth of Modular Invariant Rings and Cohomology


All talks will take place in the Mathematics Lecture Theatre on the ground floor of the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (East entrance of the Cornwallis Building).