Speaker:
Robert Guralnick
Institution:
USC
Time:
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 2:00pm
Location:
RH 340P
We shall discuss some results which classify the smallest degree representations of simple groups. We will then discuss various applications of these ideas including the solution of a conjecture of Serre on semisimplicity of certain representations and a conjecture of Kollar and Larsen on the non-irreducibility of symmetric powers.