Schedule of the Workshop

Schedule of the Workshop
Asymptotic Methods in Groups and Algebras
Sao Paulo, IME-USP, April 3 - 6, 2006
Antonio Gilioli Auditorium, block A

Mon April 3

10:00 - 10:50 Efim Zelmanov
University of California, San Diego Groups and algebras with Golod-Shafarevich condition

11:00 - 11:50 Volodimir Nekrashevich
Texas A&M University, College Station Iterated monodromy groups and their limit spaces

Lunch

14:00 - 14:25 Alexei Krasil´nikov
Universidade de Brasília Limit varieties of groups and bigroups

14:30 - 14:55 Sandra Mara Alves Jorge
Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Minas Gerais On minimal varieties of quadratic growth

15:00 - 15:25 Pavel Zalesski
Universidade de Brasília Profinite HNN-constructions

Tue April 4

10:00 - 10:50 Said Sidki
Universidade de Brasília The tower of automorphisms of groups

11:00 - 11:50 Efim Zelmanov
University of California, San Diego Dimension expanders

Lunch

14:00 - 14:50 Volodimir Nekrashevich
Texas A&M University, College Station Self-similar families of groups

Wed April 5

10:00 - 10:50 Efim Zelmanov
University of California, San Diego Some ring theoretic problems inspired by combinatorial group theory

11:00 - 11:50 Rostislav Grigorchuk
Texas A&M University, College Station L-presentations, Basilica group and nonelementary amenability

Lunch

14:00 - 14:50 Volodimir Nekrashevich
Texas A&M University, College Station Schreier graphs, Sidki's bounded automata and fractal geometry

15:00 - 15:50 Viktor Gerasimov
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Floyd boundary of groups

Thu April 6

10:00 - 10:50 Rostislav Grigorchuk
Texas A&M University, College Station Hanoi groups and branchness in group theory

11:00 - 11:50 Rostislav Grigorchuk
Texas A&M University, College Station Self-similar groups and asymptotic characteristics of Schreier graphs

10:00 - 10:50	Efim Zelmanov University of California, San Diego	Groups and algebras with Golod-Shafarevich condition
11:00 - 11:50	Volodimir Nekrashevich Texas A&M University, College Station	Iterated monodromy groups and their limit spaces
	Lunch
14:00 - 14:25	Alexei Krasil´nikov Universidade de Brasília	Limit varieties of groups and bigroups
14:30 - 14:55	Sandra Mara Alves Jorge Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Minas Gerais	On minimal varieties of quadratic growth
15:00 - 15:25	Pavel Zalesski Universidade de Brasília	Profinite HNN-constructions

10:00 - 10:50	Said Sidki Universidade de Brasília	The tower of automorphisms of groups
11:00 - 11:50	Efim Zelmanov University of California, San Diego	Dimension expanders
	Lunch
14:00 - 14:50	Volodimir Nekrashevich Texas A&M University, College Station	Self-similar families of groups

10:00 - 10:50	Efim Zelmanov University of California, San Diego	Some ring theoretic problems inspired by combinatorial group theory
11:00 - 11:50	Rostislav Grigorchuk Texas A&M University, College Station	L-presentations, Basilica group and nonelementary amenability
	Lunch
14:00 - 14:50	Volodimir Nekrashevich Texas A&M University, College Station	Schreier graphs, Sidki's bounded automata and fractal geometry
15:00 - 15:50	Viktor Gerasimov Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Floyd boundary of groups

10:00 - 10:50	Rostislav Grigorchuk Texas A&M University, College Station	Hanoi groups and branchness in group theory
11:00 - 11:50	Rostislav Grigorchuk Texas A&M University, College Station	Self-similar groups and asymptotic characteristics of Schreier graphs