Algebraic Groups Seminar

Date

Thursday, March 28,  11 am

Venue

Ramanujan Hall

Host

Shripad M. Garge

speaker

Akash Yadav

Affiliation

IIT Bombay

Title

Borel subgroups

Abstract

We prove Borel's fixed theorem and introduce Borel subgroups. 

Algebraic groups seminar

Date

Thursday, 28 March, 4 pm-5.30 pm

Venue

Room 105

Host

Dipendra Prasad

speaker

Deep Makadiya

Affiliation

IIT Bombay

Title

Regular elements of semi-simple algebraic groups

Abstract

We will discuss a variety of topics in Algebraic groups through reading some of the papers that have become classics in the subject. The first few seminars will be on the paper by Robert Steinberg, Regular elements of semi-simple algebraic groups Publications mathématiques de l’I.H.É.S., tome 25 (1965), p. 49-80