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SUMMARY:Bismash Products and Group Algebras - Matthew Clarke
DTSTART:20090126T160000Z
DTEND:20090126T170000Z
UID:TALK16403@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Anton Evseev
DESCRIPTION:We will begin by introducing Hopf algebras together with the e
 asiest examples - group algebras and their duals - before giving an overvi
 ew of the classification attempt for finite-dimensional complex semisimple
  Hopf algebras. We will then go on to describe more interesting constructi
 ons - bicrossed and bismash products - which can be defined using any fini
 te group with a given factorisation into trivially intersecting subgroups\
 , and explain a way of studying bismash products using character theory. W
 e will look at a particular family of bismash products arising from factor
 isations of the projective general linear group over a finite field\, befo
 re examining what happens if the factorized group we started is a) a semid
 irect product\, b) a Frobenius group.
LOCATION:MR12\, CMS\, Wilberforce Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 0WB
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