Computational Algebra Seminar

John Cannon
University Of Sydney

Finite or Infinite?
An Exposure of a Publication Scandal in Group Theory

Thursday 17th January, 3:05-4pm

Carslaw 709

Knowing whther or not a particular finitely presented group is finite or infinite is very important in many applications of group theory, especially to geometry and topology. In this talk I will present a procedure which is able to quickly decide this question for almost all examples published in the literature.