GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
WCEIT MARCH 19, 2010


Speaker: Victor Reiner, University of Minnesota

Title: When two cyclic groups commute: the bicyclic phenomenon

Abstract: We discuss some of our favorite examples of a phenomenon that can occur when one has commuting actions of {\em two} cyclic groups on a finite set. This is joint work with A. Berget, S. -P. Eu and D. Stanton.

Time: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 11:00 - 11:50 a.m.


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