2018-08-26: Added info about TA, office hours, and first homework.
2018-08-31: Second homework added. Future homeworks will appear on the homework page by the Friday before they are due, without an extra announcement in this space.
2018-11-08: Updated information about end of semester activities. Project now due on November 20, second prelim to be distributed November 28
Date | Topic | Reading |
23 Aug | Introduction to the course. Groups and graphs. | This web page |
28 Aug | Groups acting on graphs | [M], Chapter 1 |
30 Aug | Groups acting on graphs | |
4 Sep | Fundamental domains | |
6 Sep | Fundamental domains, ctd. | |
11 Sep | Reflection Groups | [M], Chapter 2 |
13 Sep | Free Groups | [M], Chapter 3 |
18 Sep | Groups acting on trees | |
20 Sep | Groups acting on trees | |
25 Sep | Groups acting on trees | |
27 Sep | Groups acting on trees | |
2 Oct | Baumslag-Solitar groups | [M], Chapter 4 |
4 Oct | The Word problem | [M], Chapter 5 |
9-11 Oct | No Class -- Fall Break | |
16 Oct | Constructing Cayley graphs | |
18 Oct | Constructing Cayley graphs | |
23 Oct | An infinite torsion group | [M], Chapter 6 |
25 Oct | An infinite torsion group | |
30 Oct | Regular languages | [M], Chapter 7 |
1 Nov | Pumping Lemma and Myhill-Nerode | |
6 Nov | Regular languages and group theory, I | |
8 Nov | Regular languages and group theory, II | |
13 Nov | Lamplighter group | [M], Chapter 8 |
15 Nov | Coarse equivalence, ends | [M], Chapter 11 |
20 Nov | Ends, Student presentations: 11am Conan G. | |
27 Nov | Student presentations: 10:10am Tom S., 10:35am Mike S., 11am Matt F. | |
29 Nov | Student presentations: 10:10am Dongjin L., 10:35 Alex X., 11am Rohin G. | |
4 Dec | Student presentations: 10:10am Alex R., 10:35am Michael A. |
Last Updated 2018-11-26