Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar 

2nd Floor, Room 210
The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
222 College Street · Toronto, Ontario · M5T 3J1 · Canada


Welcome to ACS@Fields.

  The purpose of this seminar is to cover exposition on topics of algebraic combinatorics which are of interest to the people attending,
so please feel free to come and participate
.

  We also organize special sessions jointly with the Applied Algebra Seminar   (York University)


Fields Working Sessions

Tuesdays 12:00am - 1:30pm


Next Special Sessions 

April 3, 2007 at noon

Franco Saliola (UQAM)

Finding the Quiver of the Descent Algebras






2006-2007 topic:  Open problems




Programme:

Date Speaker Subject
09/19
Christophe Hohlweg (Fields Institute)
Permutahedra and Generalized Associahedra, open problems
09/26
Alejandra Premat (York University and Fields)
Introduction to Crystal basis
10/03
11am
Special Session
Christian Kassel (CNRS-Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg)

A Hall algebra based on the projective line
10/10
Christophe Hohlweg
Permutahedra and Generalized Associahedra, open problems Part 2
10/17
Muge Taskin (York University and Fields)
Open problems related to some orders on standard Young tableaux Part 1
10/24
Muge Taskin (York University and Fields)
Open problems related to some orders on standard Young tableaux Part 2
10/31
Christophe Hohlweg
Permutahedra and Generalized Associahedra, isometry problem: proof Part 1
11/07
Christophe Hohlweg
Permutahedra and Generalized Associahedra, isometry problem: proof Part 2
11/14
Mike Zabrocki
An explanation of a problem of computing the restriction of a Gl_n module to S_n.
Remark: it is true that F_{S_n}( f g ) = F_{S_n}(f) * F_{S_n}(g) (example)
11/21
Muge Taskin (York University and Fields)
Open problems related to some orders on standard Young tableaux part 3
11/28
Muge Taskin (York University and Fields)
Solution to open problems
12/5
Mike Zabrocki
Decomposition of a Gl_n irrep into S_n irreps (data for n=6) (some conjectures and results)
12/12
Alejandra Premat
Part II of Crystal Bases
01/16
Mike Zabrocki
Decomposition of a Gl_n irrep into S_n irreps, Part 3)
01/23
Special Session
Hugh Thomas (U. New Brunswick)
Schiffler's formula for A_n cluster variables and some generalizations
01/30
Muge Taskin (York University and Fields)
Problems on the weak order on tableaux, proofs I
02/06
Muge Taskin (York University and Fields)
Problems on the weak order on tableaux, proofs II
02/12
Special Session
Amy Glen (CRM-ISM-LaCIM, UQAM)

Characterizations of finite and infinite episturmian words via lexicographic orderings
02/13
Special Session
Srecko Brlek (UQAM)

Variations on Cantor's celebrated diagonal argument
02/20
Nantel Bergeron (York University)
Working Session: Generalization of the weak order on tableaux to Coxeter groups and related problems.
02/27
Nantel Bergeron (York University)
Generalization of the weak order on tableaux to Coxeter groups and related problems II.
03/27
Nantel Bergeron (York University)
Working Session: Finding knuth relations for a type B Robinson Schensted corespondence invoving Domino tableaux.
04/03
Special Session
Franco Saliola (UQAM)

Finding the Quiver of the Descent Algebras







Past topics:


Year 2005-2006 - Reading sessions on cluster algebras

Spring 2005 - Formal languages and analytic classes of functions

Fall 2004 - (Quasi-) Symmetric functions in noncommutative variables and applications

Fall 2003 - Quasi-symmetric functions and applications

Winter 2003 - Topic Crystal bases for superalgebras

Fall 2002 - Topic Crystal bases



For more informations (or corrections concerning this web page), contact
  Christophe Hohlweg - chohlweg(nospam)@(nospam)fields.utoronto.ca