Manchester Algebra Seminar - Britta Spaeth - The McKay Conjecture or the representation theory above Spin groups
| Dates: | 24 November 2020 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Department of Mathematics |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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Speaker: Britta Spaeth
Title: The McKay Conjecture or the representation theory above Spin groups
Abstract: In the representation theory of finite groups it is suspected that the representation theory of a group is already determined by its local subgroups. This lead to numerous conjectures like the McKay conjecture. During the last decade substantial progress in a final proof of the McKay conjecture has been made. After an overview of the development I sketch the open questions, that are mainly regarding the representation theory of spin groups. Surprisingly a counting argument in conjunction with Shintani descent helps in the end to determine the representation theory of spin groups, respectively their behaviour.
Time: 1pm
Place: Zoom
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