Gil Goffer (University of California San Diego)

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 11:10 – 12:00, -101

Abstract:

I will demonstrate how careful analysis of group relations yields unexpected constructions, addressing several central questions in group theory. These include a question by Elliott, Jonusas, Mesyan, Mitchell, Morayne, and Peresse regarding Zariski topologies on groups and semigroups, a series of questions by Amir, Blachar, Gerasimova, and Kozma concerning algebraic group laws, and a longstanding question by Wiegold on invariably generated groups.