AIS - Representation Theory (2022)

Speakers and Syllabus


Speaker No. of Lectures
(90 mins)
Detailed Syllabus
Pooja Singla IIT Kanpur 6 Projective representations of finite groups.
Sumana Hatui IISc Bangalore 6 Groups and their Conjugacy Classes (conjugacy classes in semidirect products, and Heisenberg groups among others).
K N Raghavan IMSc Chennai 6 Frobenius-Schur indicators.
S Viswanath IMSc Chennai 6 Basic Character theory (up to Schur orthogonality).
Upendra Kulkarni CMI, Chennai 6 Induction and Clifford theory.
Amritanshu Prasad IMSc, Chennai 6 A glimpse of modular representation theory.

 

 References:
1. M. Isaacs, Character Theory of Finite Groups
2. C. W. Curtis, Pioneers of Representation Theory
3. J. Alperin and R. Bell, Groups and Representations
4. J. Alperin, Local Representation Theory
5. G. Karpilovsky, Projective Representations of Finite Groups
6. J.-P. Serre, Linear Representations of Finite Groups
7. W. Fulton and J. Harris, Representation Theory
(Lecture notes from the speakers, if available)

 

Tutorial Assistants:

S. No. Name Affiliation
1 Digjoy Paul TIFR
2 Sadhanandh Vishwanath CMI
3 Hassain Maliyekkal IMSc

 

Full forms for the abbreviations of speakers and tutors:
SV: S. Viswanath
SH: Sumana Hatui
UK: Upendra Kulkarni
PS: Pooja Singla
KNR: K N Raghavan
AP: Amritanshu Prasad
DP: Digjoy Paul (TIFR postdoc)
SD: Sadhanandh Vishwanath (CMI postdoc)
HM: Hassain Mailyekkal (IMSc postdoc)


Time Table

Day Date Lecture 1
(9.30– 11.00)
Tea
(11.05 – 11.25)
Lecture 2
(11.30–1.00)
Lunch
(1.05– 2.25)
Tutorial
(2.30–3.30)
Tea
(3.35- 3.55)
Tutorial
(4.00-5.00)
Snacks
5.05-5.30
                   
Mon 20 SV   SH   SV+DP+HM   SH+HM+DP  
Tue 21 SV   SH   SV+DP+HM   SH+HM+DP  
Wed 22 SV   SH   SV+DP+HM   SH+HM+DP  
Thu 23 SV   SH   SV+DP+HM   SH+HM+DP  
Fri 24 SV   SH   SV+DP+HM   SH+HM+DP  
Sat 25 SV   SH   SV+DP+HM   SH+HM+DP  
   SUNDAY : OFF   
Mon 27 UK   PS   UK+SD+DP   PS+DP+SD  
Tue 28 UK   PS   UK+SD+DP   PS+DP+SD  
Wed 29 UK   PS   UK+SD+DP   PS+DP+SD  
Thu 30 UK   PS   UK+SD+DP   PS+DP+SD  
Fri 1 UK   PS   UK+SD+DP   PS+DP+SD  
Sat 2 UK   PS   UK+SD+DP   PS+DP+SD  
    SUNDAY : OFF    
Mon 4 KN   AP   KN+SD+HM   AP+HM+SD  
Tue 5 KN   AP   KN+SD+HM   AP+HM+SD  
Wed 6 KN   AP   KN+SD+HM   AP+HM+SD  
Thu 7 KN   AP   KN+SD+HM   AP+HM+SD  
Fri 8 KN   AP   KN+SD+HM   AP+HM+SD  
Sat 9 KN   AP   KN+SD+HM   AP+HM+SD  

 

 

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