Swiss Doctoral Program in Mathematics

Opening Lecture

Minicourses (3h)

Approximate groups and their applications
Emmanuel Breuillard (Université d'Orsay)

Grigorchuk groups, smooth one-dimensional dynamics and more...
Andres Navas (University Santiago de Chile)

1. Full groups in Cantor dynamics, Borel dynamics and ergodic theory
   Konstantin Medynets (US Naval Academy)
2. Topological full groups of etale groupoids
Hiroki Matui (Chiba University)

3. On simple amenable groups
Kate Juschenko (Vanderbilt University)

Decision problems, non-positive curvature, and profinite completions
Martin Bridson (Oxford University)

Lectures

Representation growth of branch groups
Laurent Bartholdi (University of Goettingen)

Commensurating actions and invariant means
Yves de Cornulier (Université d'Orsay)

Applications of quasi-morphisms
Koji Fujiwara (Tohoku University)

Iterated monodromy group of the tent map
Volodymyr Nekrashevych (Texas A&M University)

Profinite rigidity and flexibility
Alan Reid (University of Texas)

The price of accommodation and full board (to be paid at the conference site)

at the Hôtel Les Sources (***) (limited number of rooms available)
in a double room: CHF 140 per person per night
in a single room: CHF 163 per person per night

at the Eurotel Victoria (****)
in a double room: CHF 175 per person per night
in a single room: CHF 198 per person per night

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