Aberystwyth University

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Mathematics and Physics

Representations of Braid and Symmetric Groups
New Approaches

WIMCS Mathematical Physics Cluster Workshop

Aberystwyth, 2nd to 3rd May 2011

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Lectures will be held in the Visualisation Centre, located on Penglais Campus (Campus Map). Refreshments and lunch are available at TaMed Da & TaMed Bach, both located in Penbryn Building on Pengalis Campus.

Abstracts of all talks can be downloaded here.

Monday, 2 May 2011
12:00 - 13:00 Arrivals. Lunch at TaMed Da.
13:00 - 13:50 Vijay Kodiyalam
From graphs to free products. Part I
14:00 - 14:50 Daan Krammer
Garside groups and faithful representations of braid groups
15:00 - 16:00 Coffee & Tea
16:00 - 16:50 Grace Kennedy
A new algorithm for the multivariable Alexander polynomial of a link
17:00 - 17:50 Rolf Gohm
Independence from braid group representations
19:00 Dinner

Tuesday, 3 May 2011
09:00 - 09:50 Vijay Kodiyalam
From graphs to free products. Part II
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee & Tea
10:30 - 11:20 Jennifer Maier
Equivariant Drinfeld double
11:30 - 12:20 Makato Yamashita
On subfactors arising from asymptotic representations of symmetric groups
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at TaMed Da.
14:00 - 14:50 Claus Köstler
Representations of the infinite symmetric group from the viewpoint of noncommutative probability
15:00 - 16:00 Coffee & Tea