Women in Mathematics (WIM) Electronic Newsletter
Fall '97, Issue 6
November 24, 1997
http://www.math.umd/~wim/Fall97/issue6.html
WIM Graduate Student Seminar
WHEN : MONDAY, December 1, at 4pm
WHERE : Room 2300, Department of Mathematics
TOPIC : "Cayley Graphs and Infinite Groups"
SPEAKER : Susan Garille
ABSTRACT : The concept of infinity has boggled the minds of
mathematicians for years. The world of group theory is not exempt from
this frustration. Infinite groups are difficult to work with. It would
be nice if something about them were finite. This talk introduces the
definitions and other tools that we will need to determine whether
particular subgroups of finitely generated infinite groups are themselves
finitely generated. An existing algorithm that implements these ideas is
also discussed.
WIM Lunch
WHEN: Friday, December 12, at noon
WHERE: Department of Mathematics, ROOM: TBA
This will be the last WIM event of the semester.
WIM in the Spring
TALKS:
This semester the default talk time was at 4pm on Wednesdays. Are there people for whom this time does not work next semester? Please e-mail your suggestions for talk times to wim@math.umd.edu.
LUNCHES:
The plan is to make a lunch schedule for next semester. By now our spring schedules should be shaping up. Please let me know (via e-mail: wim@math.umd.edu) which days of the week are good for lunch.
Editor: Susan G. Garille
(sgg@math.umd.edu)
Organization: WIM (wim@math.umd.edu or
http://www.math.umd.edu/~wim)
Last modified: Mon Nov 24 14:20:21 1997