Brown's Algorithm for One-Relator Groups

event Monday, February 24, 2025
access_time 4:00pm–4:30pm (CST)
room PHSC 809

Abstract: The Sigma-invariants of a finitely generated group are a nested sequence of geometric invariants which determine the finiteness properties of sufficiently large (namely, co-abelian) subgroups. The Sigma-invariants are notoriously hard to compute, but miraculously Ken Brown found an algorithmic way to compute them from a group presentation that has only one relator. Come, learn how to tell if subgroups of your favorite one-relator groups are finitely generated!


For more information on this event, please contact Tomoya Tatsuno.