University of Sydney

    School of Mathematics and Statistics

    Computational Algebra Seminar

    Talks in 2002

    January
    Thursday 9th Axel Kohnert An algorithm for the computation of the plethysm of two symmetric functions
    Thursday 17th John Cannon Finite or Infinite?
    An Exposure of a Publication Scandal in Group Theory
    Thursday 24th David Kohel Applications of class invariants on modular curves
    Thursday 31st Dimitri Leemans Computational methods in Incidence Geometry

    February
    Thursday 7th Claus Fieker Constructive Algebraic Number Theory I
    Thursday 14th Colva Roney-Dougal The primitive permutation groups of degree less than 1001
    Thursday 21st Helena Verrill Lattices of modular symbols

    March
    Thursday 7th Bettina Eick Orbit-stabilizer algorithms for polycyclic groups
    Thursday 21st Agnes Szanto Solving over-determined systems by the subresultant method
    Thursday 28th Markus Grassl Quantum Computation - Mathematical Framework and Basic Problems

    April
    Thursday 4th Markus Grassl Quantum Error-Correcting Codes

    May
    Thursday 30th Gavin Brown A Database of K3 Surfaces

    September
    Thursday 26th Robert Wilson Condensation Techniques - Part 1.

    October
    Thursday 3rd Camilla Gaardsted Prime Factorisation.
    Thursday 10th Robert Wilson Condensation Techniques - Part 2.
    Thursday 17th Robert Wilson Construction of Groups.
    Thursday 24th Derek Holt Computing First Cohomology Groups.
    Thursday 31st Nils Bruin Local Solubility of Projective Varieties.

    November
    Thursday 7th Paul van Wamelen Jacobians of Genus 2 Curves.
    Thursday 14th Derek Holt The Computation of Cohomology Groups - Part 2.
    Thursday 21st Jon Carlson Comparing Group Algebras.
    Thursday 28th Damien Fisher Computing with the p-adics.

    December
    Thursday 12th Pierrick Gaudry Mestre's Algorithm for Counting Points of Curves in Genus 2.


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