Graduate Student Seminar- Index sets, decision problems, and classes of (somewhat) computable groups

Speaker: Iva Bilanovic, GWU

Date and Time: Friday, March 1, 2:00-3:00pm

Place: Rome 206
 

Abstract: We will introduce the elementary notions of computability theory with the intention of discussing a few classical decision problems, particularly those pertaining to group theory. Time allowing, we will discuss some recent results on recursively presented groups and computable groups.