SMS scnews item created by donnelly at Thu 6 Nov 2014 1723
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Expiry: 20 Nov 2014
Calendar1: 13 Nov 2014 1500-1600
CalLoc1: Carslaw 173
Auth: donnelly@seurat.maths.usyd.edu.au

Computational Algebra Seminar: Holt -- Computing in finite matrix groups

Date : Thursday 13 November
Time : 3pm
Room : Carslaw 173

Speaker : Derek Holt (Warwick)

Title : Computing in finite matrix groups

We review the extent to which the Composition Tree based methods of
Baarnhielm, Leedham-Green, O’Brien et al can be used to carry out
structural computations in large matrix groups over finite field
without resort to methods based on bases and strong generating sets.
We concentrate particularly on the computation of element centralisers,
subgroup normalisers, conjugacy classes, and (work in progress)
character tables.