U-M Group Theory/Lie Theory Seminar

Schedule, Fall term 1996

The seminar meets 4-6pm on Mondays, in 3866 East Hall. Related events are scheduled as indicated.

East Hall is behind Ulrich's, and is surrounded by Church, S. University, and East University (now a pedestrian mall). Public parking is available on Forest, just south of S. University, and one block east of Church St.

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Sep 09

Chongying Dong (UCSC): "Vertex Operator Algebras Associated to Affine Algebras"

Oct 7

Robert L. Griess (U-M): "Pieces of Eight"

Oct 14

Robert L. Griess (U-M): "Serre's theory of finite subgroups of Lie groups"

Physics seminar, Oct 21, 3pm, 3096 EH

Gerald H\"ohn (Max Planck and UC Santa Cruz): "Circle actions on manifolds and modular curves"

Oct 21

Gerald H\"ohn (Max Planck and UC Santa Cruz): "Analogies between codes, lattices and conformal field theories"

RAINICH LECTURE, Thu Oct 24, 1360 East Hall, 4pm

J.-P. Serre (College de France and Harvard University): "Semisimplicity"

RAINICH LECTURE, Fri Oct 25, 1324 East Hall, 4pm

J.-P. Serre (College de France and Harvard University): "Finite Subgroups of Lie Groups"

Nov 04

Stephen Rallis (Ohio State University): "Self-dual automorphic GL(N) modules and the problem of functoriality"

Nov 11

Eugene Kushnirsky (UM) : "The Motive of a Reductive Group"

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLOQUIUM, Nov 18

Bhama Srinivasin (U of Ill,Chicago)

Colloquium, Tue Nov 19, 1360 East Hall, 4pm

Robert Kottwitz (University of Chicago)

• Jan 1997: Tim Hsu (U-M)
• May 2-4, 1997: Special sessions at the AMS meeting at Wayne State University

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