2023 CMI-HIMR Summer School on Probabilistic Group Theory

25 Oct 2022, by ablahatherell in Events, Sponsored events


2023 CMI-HIMR Summer School on Probabilistic Group Theory

19 – 23 June 2023

Hosted by: School of Mathematics, Fry Building, University of Bristol, UK

Jointly funded by the Clay Mathematics Institute and the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research.


Organisers: Tim Burness (Bristol) and Robert Guralnick (Southern California)


In recent years, probabilistic methods have been at the heart of many spectacular advances in group theory and related areas, finding a diverse range of applications. This summer school will introduce a wide audience of graduate students and early career researchers to some of the most exciting recent developments. The programme will feature four short courses from world-leading experts in the area, together with tutored problem sessions for participants.


Download: The Programme

Download: The Problem Sessions Exercises

Download: Martin Liebeck’s Slides: Lecture 1 slides (55 pages), Lecture 2 slides (85 pages), Lecture 3 slides (80 pages)

Short Course Lecturers

Tim Burness (Bristol): Character bounds for simple groups and applications
Martin Liebeck (Imperial College): Generation Properties of Finite and Algebraic Simple Groups
Cheryl Praeger (Western Australia): Probabilistic Group Theory from an Algorithmic Perspective

Guest Speakers:

Henry Bradford (Cambridge)
Emmanuel Breuillard (Oxford)
Ben Green (Oxford)
Scott Harper (St Andrews)
Veronica Kelsey (Manchester)
Colva Roney-Dougal (St Andrews)
Gareth Tracey (Warwick)




For more information please email the Heilbronn events team at  heilbronn-coordinator@bristol.ac.uk

Information on past and future summer schools is available here

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