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Groups St Andrews 2005
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland
30 July - 6 August 2005
Some pictures are available at THIS LINK
Aim:
This conference, the seventh in the series of Groups St Andrews Conferences, was organised along similar lines to previous events in this series.
| Principal Speakers: | ||
| Peter J Cameron | (Queen Mary, London) | Aspects of infinite permutation groups |
| Rostislav I Grigorchuk | (Texas A&M) | On self-similarity and branching in group theory |
| John C Meakin | (Nebraska-Lincoln) | Interactions between group theory and semigroup theory |
| Akos Seress | (Ohio State) | Graphs, automorphisms, and product action |
Programme:
The speakers above kindly agreed to give short courses of lectures. In addition there was a programme of one hour invited lectures and short research presentations.
Topics:
The conference aimed to cover all aspects of group theory. The short lecture courses were intended to be accessible to postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers in all areas of group theory.
Accommodation:
This was booked at New Hall and Fife Park, St Andrews Scotland.
Lectures were held in the Physics Building and Mathematical Institute, St Andrews.
Scientific Organising Committee:
Colin Campbell (St Andrews), Nick Gilbert (Heriot-Watt), Steve Linton (St Andrews), John O'Connor (St Andrews), Edmund Robertson (St Andrews), Nik Ruskuc (St Andrews), Geoff Smith (Bath).
Further information is available at THIS LINK and the (up-dated: 29th July) FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT is at THIS LINK
Timetables:
The timetable is available HERE.
A timetable of Special Talks is available HERE and a timetable of the Full programme of lectures and short talks is available HERE.
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