Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups (19w5040)
The Banff International Research Station will host the "Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups" workshop in Banff from December 8, 2019 to December 13, 2019. Group theory is the mathematical study of objects that have a symmetric or repeating structure. The workshop will bring together researchers who have a variety of approaches to the investigation of "thin" groups, which are groups of a particular type that are not yet well understood, but have important connections to other fields of mathematics, including arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and dynamical systems (the mathematical study of motion). Lectures and work in small groups will be organized to forge new connections between the different points of view, and make progress on fundamental open questions.
