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Five Years of Atlantic Algebra Center
Atlantic Algebra Center (AAC) came to existence on September 1, 2006. Since then
AAC organized six International Workshops attended by about 200 participants, includ-
ing renowned specialists from 12 countries, twelve mini courses by prominent professors
from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Spain, United Kingdom and
USA. In addition to our Algebra Seminar, we maintained a series of AAC Colloquia
talks given by our visitors, including our colleagues from the universities of Atlantic
Canada. Our visitors gave several Distinguished Colloquium Talks at the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics of Memorial University. AAC supported the research work of
four postdoctoral fellows and four graduate students and organized five Undergraduate
Algebra Competitions for the students of the universities of Atlantic Canada. Our funding
and other forms of support have been generously provided by Atlantic Association for
Research in the Mathematical Sciences and Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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October 2006: visit by the Director of the
Fields Institute Professor Barbara Keyfitz
Our objectives and governance
The main objective of the Atlantic Algebra Center (AAC) is the promotion of the research and study in Algebra and
its applications at participating universities of Atlantic Canada. At its start, AAC enjoyed the support of the Atlantic
Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS)
and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). Algebra tradi-
tionally has been a strong point at the Department of Mathematics
and Statistics of MUN. The algebraists of MUN maintain strong ties
with their research colleagues at various universities of Canada
and throughout the world. Our Advisory Board includes Yuri Manin
(Max Planck Institute and Northwestern University), Sudarshan
Sehgal (University of Alberta), and Efim Zelmanov (University of
San Diego). AAC is governed by the Board of Directors, currently:
Yuri Bahturin (Director), Edgar Goodaire, Mike Parmenter, and
Yiqiang Zhou. Dr Mikhail Kochetov serves as Deputy Director.
Since the third year of AAC our membership has extended to include algebraists from other universities of Atlantic
Canada: Margaret Beattie, Sara Faridi, Collin Ingalls, John Irving, Mitja Mastnak, Roman Smirnov, and Hugh
Thomas. In 2011 Atlantic Algebra Centre won financial support from AARMS as Collaborative Research Group for
next two years. In AAC application for this support it is mentioned that, according to Mathematical Reviews, the total
number of publications authored by AAC members is over 500, with more than 1700 citations. The total number of
books and monographs authored by the members of the group exceeds 20.
AAC organizes mini courses in various areas of Algebra and applications by prominent scholars (2 – 3 times a
year), an annual thematic workshop, colloquia and seminar talks, and exchange visits of research colleagues in
Atlantic Canada. We support the research of Algebra postdoctoral fellows and active graduate students. We organ-
ize Algebra competitions among the students of MUN and other universities of Atlantic Canada and take part in the
events promoting Mathematics in this part of Canada and beyond.
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Enjoying sunshine between two lectures…
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International Workshops
POLYNOMIAL IDENTITIES IN ALGEBRAS. II
September 2 – 6, 2011
This workshop was a sequel to the one held in St.
John’s in 2002. Six world known experts in the area of
polynomial identities, delivered twelve lectures: Pro-
fessors Eli Aljadeff (Technion, Israel), Vesselin Dren-
sky (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Antonio Giam-
bruno (Palermo, Italy), Plamen Koshlukov (Campinas,
Brazil), Viktor Petrogradsky (Ulyanovsk, Russia), Mi-
khail Zaicev (Moscow, Russia). One-hour lectures
were also given by Professors Murray Bremner (Sas-
katchewan, Canada), Alex Gordienko (Memorial,
Canada), Darrel Haile (Purdue, USA), David Riley
(Western, Canada). A special feature of the workshop
this time was the participation of many young enthusi-
astic algebraists, especially from Brazil, Israel and Italy. They all reported their first results and took active part in
the numerous discussions. The total number of registered participants was 32.
In addition to the scientific program the participants of the workshop explored St. John’s and its environs, including
Bay Bulls, NL, where they took a boat tour where they could see the last whales of this season and an island inhab-
ited by Newfoundland’s signature birds puffins.
A group of participant on the boat tour, watching the island of puffins
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INFINITE DIMENSIONAL LIE ALGEBRAS
July 19 - 23, 2010
The workshop was held at Bonne Bay Marine Station of Memorial Uni-
versity of Newfoundland, which is located in Gros Morne National
Park, Newfoundland.
The Organizing Committee: Yuri Bahturin (Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Canada), Vyacheslav Futorny (University of Sao Pau-
lo, Brazil), Mikhail Kotchetov (Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Canada), and Ivan Penkov (Jacobs University of Bremen, Germany).
The list of speakers included Ivan Penkov (Jacobs University of Bre-
men, Germany), Alexander Baranov (University of Leicester, UK),
Vera Serganova (University of California -Berkeley, USA), Vyacheslav
Futorny (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Helmut Strade (Hamburg
University, Germany), Ivan Dimitrov (Queen's University, Canada),
Antonio Fernandez Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain), Zhuang Niu
(Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada), Georgia Benkart (University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA), Yuly
Billig (Carleton University, Canada), Matej Bresar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Yuri Bahturin (Memorial Uni-
versity of Newfoundland), Mikhail Kotchetov (Memorial University of Newfoundland).
Participants of “Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras” at Bonne Bay
Marine Station of Memorial University of Newfoundland, NL
Bonne Bay Marine Station of MUN in
Norris Point, NL
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COMBINATORIAL ALGEBRA MEETS ALGEBRAIC
COMBINATORICS
January 16 - 18, 2009
This meeting was held at Memorial University of Newfoundland in
St. John's, Newfoundland, and was a continuation of five previous
annual meetings focusing on the interplay between Commutative
Algebra (particularly, resolutions and inverse systems) and Alge-
braic Combinatorics (the representation theory of the symmetric
groups, etc.).
The Organizing Committee: Yuri Bahturin (Memorial University of
Newfoundland and Moscow State University), Nantel Bergeron
(York University), Sara Faridi (Dalhousie University), Tony
Geramita (Queen's University and University of Genoa), Mikhail
Kotchetov (Memorial University of Newfoundland).
The list of speakers included Marcelo Aguiar (Texas A&M Universi-
ty), Francois Bergeron (UQAM, Montreal), Jaydeep Chipalkatti
(University of Manitoba), Olga Kharlampovich (McGill University), Hugh Thomas (University of New Brunswick), and
Jerzy Weyman (Northeastern University).
Professors Olga Kharlampovich and Francois Bergeron on
Signal Hill on a windy day in January
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GROUPS AND HOPF ALGEBRAS
June 3 - 8, 2009
The conference took place at Memorial University of Newfoundland
in St. John's, Newfoundland. The main topics were two areas with
close interaction: Group Rings and Hopf Algebras. A part of the
workshop was also a special session of 2009 Summer meeting of
Canadian Mathematical Society.
The Organizing Committee of the workshop included Yuri Bahturin
(Memorial University of Newfoundland and Moscow State Universi-
ty), Margaret Beattie (Mount Allison University, Canada), Eric Jes-
pers (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), Wolfgang Kimmerle (Uni-
versity of Stuttgart, Germany), Mikhail Kotchetov (Memorial University of Newfoundland), David Radford (University
of Illinois-Chicago, USA), and Sudarshan Sehgal (University of Alberta, Canada).
The list of plenary speakers included Eli Aljadeff (Technion, Israel), Stefaan Caenepeel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Belgium), Martin Hertweck (University of Stuttgart, Germany), Dmitry Nikshych (University of New Hampshire,
USA), Jan Okninski (University of Warsaw, Poland), Angel del Rio (University of Murcia, Spain), and Hans-Jürgen
Schneider (University of Munich, Germany). A CMS Plenary Speaker representing our special session was Susan
Montgomery (University of Southern California, USA).
Professors Aljadeff, Montgomery and Schneider in Bay Bulls, NL
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Visit of AARMS Distinguished Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schneider
June 3 - 12, 2009
In June 2009 Atlantic Algebra Centre jointly with colleagues from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, organized a visit
of AARMS Distinguished Lecturer Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schneider.
Professor Schneider is a world recognized specialist in the area of Hopf Algebras. His whole mathematical career
is closely related to the Mathematical Institute of the University of Munich. Since 1978 he has been a Full Professor
at that university. He works in close cooperation with his international colleagues in Asia, Americas and Europe. His
joint work with colleagues in Argentina brought him the title of the Corresponding Member of the National Academy
of Sciences (Cordoba), Argentina. An impressive publication list of Professor Schneider includes such prestigious
journals as Annals of Mathematics, Advances in Mathematics, Crelle Journal, Inventiones Mathematicae, Journal of
Algebra and others. His latest fundamental results on the classification of pointed Hopf algebras obtained jointly
with Professor Nicholas Andruskiewitsch have appear in Advances in Mathematics and Annals of Mathematics.
Professor Schneider is an excellent lecturer, and his lectures and surveys on Hopf Algebras proved to be a useful
introduction to this challenging area of Algebra. The schedule of lectures by Professor Schneider at the Universities
of Atlantic Canada was as follows:
June 3: “Hopf algebras and root systems I”, St. John's, NL, Memorial University
June 4: “Hopf algebras and root systems II“, St. John's, NL, Memorial University
June 10: “Nichols algebras”, Halifax, NS, Dalhousie/St. Mary's Universities
June 11: “New developments in the theory of pointed Hopf algebras”, Sackville, NB, Mount Allison
University.
Professor Schneider with colleagues in the iron ore mine on Bell Island
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GRADED ALGEBRAS & SUPERALGEBRAS
August 29 - September 2, 2008
The conference was held at Memorial University of New-
foundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland. We had participants
from 10 different countries. The two-lecture series were de-
livered by prominent people in the entitled areas: Georgia
Benkart (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Vesselin
Drensky (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Dimitry Leites
(University of Stockholm, Sweden) and Ivan Shestakov
(University of Sao Paulo, Brazil).
The list of speakers included Eli Aljadeff (Technion, Israel),
Georgia Benkart (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA),
Matej Bresar (University of Maribor, Slovenia), Eddy Camp-
bell and Jianjun Chuai (Memorial University of Newfound-
land), Deanna Caveney (College of Charleston, USA), Cristina Draper (University of Malaga, Spain), Vesselin
Drensky (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Alberto Elduque (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Mikhail Kochetov
(Memorial University of Newfoundland), Plamen Koshlukov (University of Campinas, Brazil), Dimitry Leites (Stock-
holm University, Sweden, also ASSMS, HEC, Lahore), Jason McGraw (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Vin-
cenzo Nardozza (University of Bari, Italy), Michael Natapov (Indiana University - Bloomington, USA), Erhard Neher
(University of Ottawa, Oleg Smirnov (College of Charleston, USA), Marina Tvalavadze (University of Saskatche-
wan), Yoji Yoshii (Akita National College of Technology, Japan).
Participants of “Graded Algebras and Superalgebras” after Gatherall’s Whale and
Puffin Boat Tour in Bay Bulls, NL
The opening lecture of the workshop by Georgia Benkart
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GROUPS, RINGS, LIE AND HOPF ALGEBRAS II
August 13-17, 2007
The conference was held at the Bonne Bay Marine Station of Memorial University on Newfoundland’s west coast, in
the midst of Gros Morne National Park.
The list of speakers included Yuri Bahturin (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Margaret Beattie (Mount Allison
University), Ivan Dimitrov (Queens University), Allen Herman (University of Regina), Kris Janssen (Free University
of Brussels), Eric Jespers (Free University of Brussels), Yevgenia Kashina (DePaul University), Mikhail Kochetov
(Memorial University of Newfoundland), Michael Lau (University of Windsor), Yuanlin Li (Brock University), Mitja
Mastnak (University of Waterloo), Erhard Neher (University of Ottawa), Dmitry Nikshych (University of New Hamp-
shire), Mike Parmenter (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Kenneth Price (University of Wisconsin), David
Radford (University of Illinois), Sudarshan Sehgal (University of Alberta), Vera Serganova (University of California),
Marina Tvalavadze (University of Western Ontario), Teymuraz Tvalavadze (Carleton University), Joost Vercruysse
(Free University of Brussels), Xiande Yang (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Mikhail Zaicev (Moscow State
University), and Alexandre Zalesski (University of East Anglia).
Group picture during the Western Brook Pond’s boat tour
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Sidki’s Automaton carved in…water mel-
on
AAC Mini Courses
The twelfth mini course was scheduled for October 2 – 12, 2012.
The planned mini course lecturer was Professor Said Sidki from
University of Brasilia, Brazil. The title of the mini course was
Groups Acting on Trees, Automata and Associated Recursive
Algebras. The mini course was moved to a later date due to visa
problems.
The eleventh mini course was given by Professor Gerhard
Pfister (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany). He visited
Atlantic Algebra Center from October 4 to October 9, 2010.
The title of the mini course was Computing in Commutative
Algebra.
The tenth mini course was given by Professor Donald S.
Passman (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA). He
visited Atlantic Algebra Center from March 28 to April 3,
2010. The title of the mini course was The Semiprimitivi-
ty Problem for Group Rings.
Participants of the mini course “The Semiprimitivity
Problem for Group Rings”
Professor Gerhard Pfister in Manuels, NL
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Professor Lopez in a Newfoundland
outport
The ninth mini course was given by Professor Vlastimil
Dlab (Carleton University, Ottawa). He visited Atlantic Al-
gebra Center from October 4 to October 10, 2009. The title
of the mini course was Representations of Finite Dimen-
sional Associative Algebras.
The eighth mini course was given by Professor Alberto Elduque
(University of Zaragoza, Spain). He visited Atlantic Algebra Cen-
ter from May 3 to May 9, 2009. The title of the mini course was
Composition algebras and their gradings.
The seventh mini course was given by Professor Sergio R. Lopez -
Permouth (Ohio University, USA). He visited Atlantic Algebra Cen-
ter from March 30 to April 4, 2009. The title of the mini course was
Algebraic Coding Theory.
Professor Vlastimil Dlab
Alberto Elduque, Mikhail Kotchetov and
Jason McGraw
in the museum The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
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The sixth mini course was given by Professor Mikhail Kochetov (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
from November 12 to December 3, 2008. The title of the mini course was Introduction to Affine Group Schemes.
The fifth mini course was given by Professor Vesselin Drensky
(Mathematics Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) who
visited Atlantic Algebra Center from September 3 to September
10, 2008. The title of the mini course was
Introduction to PI-algebras.
The fourth mini course was given by Professor Nicolás An-
druskiewitsch from the University of Cordoba, Argentina. He
visited Atlantic Algebra Centre from May 17 to May 24, 2008.
The title of the mini course was Introduction to Pointed
Hopf Algebras.
The third mini course was given by Professor Otto Kegel
from Freiburg University, Germany. He visited the Atlantic
Algebra Centre from October 10 to October 16, 2007. The title
of the mini course was Constricted Symmetric Groups and
Some Derivates.
Professor Vesselin Drensky
Professor Nicolás Andruskiewitsch in Flat Rock,NL
Yuri Bahturin, Ros English, and Otto Kegel after
the mini course and before the... Halloween
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The second mini course was given by Professor Alexander Premet
from the University of Manchester, UK. He visited the Atlantic Algebra
Center from May 19 to May 27, 2007. The title of the mini course was
Coadjoint Action of Algebraic Groups and Modular Representa-
tion Theory.
The first mini course was given by Professor Amitai Regev
from Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. He visited the At-
lantic Algebra Centre from September 26 to October 6, 2006.
The title of the mini course was Representation of the SYM-
METRIC Group and Related Topics of Analysis and Com-
binatorics. The mini course was integrated with a graduate
course in Ring Theory. Professor Regev suggested a number
of topics for the graduate students who attended the mini
course. The students continued working on this topics in a “vir-
tual” contact with Professor Regev and at the end of Fall se-
mester 2006 they gave presentations related to this work. This
pattern became traditional with several subsequent mini cours-
es.
The last lecture of the first mini course
Prof. Premet and his wife at Cape Spear, NL
Professor Regev with Drs Mikhail Kotchetov and Marina Tvalavadze
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AAC Colloquium Series
January 12, 2011
“Garside structures for braid groups”
Hugh Thomas (University of New Brunswick – Fredericton)
October 6, 2010
“SINGULAR and Applications”
Gerhard Pfister (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany )
April 1, 2010
“Maximal Filtrations of Semisimple Rings and Lie Algebras”
Donald S. Passman (University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA)
March 26, 2010
Hopf Algebras in Combinatorics
Mitja Mastnak (Saint Mary's University)
January 27, 2010
“Group gradings on simple Lie algebras”
Mikhail Kotchetov ( Memorial University)
May 29, 2009
“Group Algebras in Coding Theory”
Cesar Polcino Milies (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
May 21, 2008
“Hopf Algebras: from Hyperalgebras to Quantum “
Nicolas Andruskiewitsch (University of Cordoba, Argentina)
Professor Alexander Zalesski in
Middle Cove, NL
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November 2, 2007
“Counting Factorizations of Permutations into Star Transpositions”
John Irving (St. Mary’s University)
August 20, 2007
“Hurwitz groups: The classification problem”
Alexandre Zalesski (University of East Anglia, UK)
May 23, 2007
“Classification of the finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras of characteristic p>3 “
Alexander Premet (Manchester University, UK)
February 22, 2007
“Classical Invariant Theory Revisited “
Roman Smirnov (Dalhousie University)
November 30, 2006
“Coalgebras and Bilinear Forms”
Margaret Beattie (Mount Allison University)
November 1, 2006
“Lie algebras and their generalizations”
Vladislav Kharchenko (UNAM-National University of Mexico)
October 4, 2006
On asymptotic growth in PI algebras
Amitai Regev (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
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Postdoctoral Fellows
Starting September 1, 2006 AAC supported several postdoctoral fellows, as follows.
In 2010/12 AAC is supporting Dr Alexey Gordienko, a Ph. D. graduate from Moscow University, Russian Federa-
tion. His Ph. D. supervisor was Professor Mikhail V. Zaicev. His advisor at MUN is Dr Mikhail Kochetov.
In 2009/11 AAC supported Dr Eugene Chibrikov, a Ph. D. graduate from Novosibirsk University, Russian Federa-
tion. His Ph. D. supervisor was Professor Leonid A. Bokut'. His advisor at MUN was Dr Yuri Bahturin.
In 2007/09 AAC supported the research of Dr Jianjun Chuai, a Ph.D. graduate of Queen's University. His advisor at MUN was Dr Eddy Campbell. In 2006/2007 AAC supported the research of Dr Marina Tvalavadze, a Ph. D. gradu-ate from Memorial and also from Moscow University, Russian Federation. Her MUN advisor was Dr Yuri Bahturin.
Dr. Alexey Gordienko Dr. Evgeny Chibrikov,
Dr. Marina Tvalavadze Dr. Jianjun Chuai
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Algebra Seminar
August 17, 2011
Kaplansky revisited: Truncation closed embeddings of valued fields in fields of generalized power series
Salma Kuhlmann, Universitaet Konstanz, Germany.
August 17, 2011
Noncommutative rational functions and their difference-differential calculus
Victor Vinnikov, Ben Gurion University, Israel
July 27, 2011
Growth functions of G-sets
Jonathan Lomond, MUN
March 30, 2011
Symmetries of Elasticity Tensors and Resulting Equations of Motion
Michael A. Slawinski, MUN
March 16, 2011
Decomposition of Matrices and Linear Transformations
Lu Wang, MUN
March 9, 2011
Lie superautomorphisms of associative algebras
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
March 2, 2011
On SAGBI bases of Lie algebras, II
Eugene Chibrikov, MUN,
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February 16, 2011
On SAGBI bases of Lie algebras
Eugene Chibrikov, MUN
February 9, 2011
Clean Index Rings
Yiqiang Zhou, MUN
January 19, 2011
On the equivalence of Lie commutators
Alexei Gordienko, MUN
December 1, 2010
The Dyson Constant Term Identity
Sergey Sadov, MUN
November 17, 2010
An introduction to K-theory for operator algebras II
Zhuang Niu, MUN
November 10, 2010
An introduction to K-theory for operator algebras II
Zhuang Niu, MUN
November 3, 2010
Gradings on the exceptional Lie algebras F_4 and G_2
Mikhail Kotchetov, MUN
August 10, 2010
New Variations on the Theme of Maximal Subalgebras
Hayk Melikyan, North Carolina Central University
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August 20, 2010
The intersection problem of the finitely generated subalgebras in a free Lie algebra
Evgeny Chibrikov, MUN
August 12, 2010
On cocharacters of Lie algebras with polynomial growth of identities
Alexei Gordienko, MUN
August 3, 2010
A GAP Tutorial
Petr Vojtechovsky, University of Denver
May 12, 2010
On free Sabinin algebras
Eugene Chibrikov, MUN
April 21, 2010
The classification of AH-algebras II
Zhuang Niu, MUN
April 14, 2010
The classification of AH-algebras
Zhuang Niu, MUN
March 24, 2010
An approach to equivariant cohomology using algebraic combinatorics II
Tom Baird, MUN
March 17, 2010
An approach to equivariant cohomology using algebraic combinatorics
Tom Baird, MUN
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February 17, 2010
Group gradings on simple Lie algebras of Cartan type II,
Mikhail Kotchetov, MUN
February 3, 2010
Group gradings on simple Lie algebras of Cartan type II,
Mikhail Kotchetov, MUN
November 18, 2009
Noncommutative algebras over uncountable fields
Alon Regev, Northern Illinois University
November 4, 2009
Filtrations and Distortion of Embeddings in Algebras
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
October 21, 2009
Matrix Structures from Directed Graphs
Ken Price, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
September 23, 2009
Linear Bases of Free Lie Algebras and their Applications
Eugene Chibrikov, MUN
February 5, 2009
Actions of Maximal Growth
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
January 21, 2009
Functional Identities
Matej Bresar, University of Ljubljana and University of Maribor
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Margaret Beattie watching iceberg with Mikhail
Kochetov during one of her many visits to the AAC
November 21, 2008
Powers of ideals, their associated primes, and connections to graph theory
Adam Van Tuyl, Lakehead University
November 5, 2008
Jordan gradings on the full matrix algebras
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
October 1, 2008
Gradings on the octonion algebra
Andrew Stewart, MUN
September 24, 2008
Generalizations of Schreier Formula II
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
September 17, 2008
Generalizations of Schreier Formula
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
May 20, 2008
The general classification problem for Hopf
algebras
Margaret Beattie, Mount Allison University
January 30, 2008
Group gradings on algebras of finitary linear trans-
formations
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
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Roman Smirnov after his AAC Colloquium talk in stormy
Middle Cove, NL
January 23, 2008
Simple Lie algebras over a field of positive characteristic II
Jason McGraw, MUN
November 28, 2007
Simple Lie algebras over a field of positive characteristic
Jason McGraw, MUN
October 31, 2007
Modules of covariants of a finite linear group
Jianjun Chuai, MUN
August 8, 2007
Classification of semisimple Hopf algebras
Yevgenia Kashina, DePaul University
August 6, 2007
Quasi-morphic Rings
Keith Nicholson, University of Calgary
May 29, 2007
Group gradings on superinvolution simple superalgebras
Marina Tvalavadze, MUN
April 25, 2007
Normal Complements and the Number Two
Heather McIntosh, MUN
April 18, 2007
The isomorphism theorem for simple algebraic
groups, Jason McGraw, MUN
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Professor Kharchenko and his wife in Flat Rock, NL
February 15, 2007
A theorem on unit regular rings
Yiqiang Zhou, MUN
February 7, 2007
Reversible and graded reversible group rings
Mike Parmenter, MUN
December 6, 2006
Strongly clean matrices
Xiande Yang, MUN
November 30, 2006
Coalgebras and bilinear forms
Margaret Beattie, Mount Allison University
November 22, 2006
On Burnside problems
Yuri Bahturin, MUN
November 15, 2006
Group gradings and actions of Hopf algebras
Mikhail Kochetov, MUN
October 30, 2006
Braided version of Shirshov-Witt theorem
Vladislav Kharchenko, UNAM
October 12, 2006
Finite - dimensional theory of Jordan algebras and superalgebras
Marina Tvalavadze, MUN
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October 4, 2006
On asymptotic growth in PI-algebras
Amitai Regev, Weizmann Institute, Israel
September 20, 2006
Gradings of D4
Jason McGraw MUN
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Publication Activities
Atlantic Algebra Center maintains a web site http://www.mun.ca/aac, which is a part of the web site of Memorial
University of Newfoundland. In addition to various information about AAC, one can find on this web site a number of
papers submitted to the AAC workshop and mini courses held at MUN.
Some of our workshop have been accompanied by the publication of Proceedings. Among these is the book
“Groups, Rings, Lie and Hopf Algebras” containing proceedings of the conference under the same title held at MUN
in 2001. The book appeared in Kluwer Academic Publisher as volume 555 of the series “Mathematics and Its Appli-
cations” in 2003, edited by Yuri Bahturin. Another example is the special issue of the Journal “Acta Applicandae
Mathematicae”, vol. 108, No. 1, October 2009. This volume contains proceeding of the second conference “Groups,
Rings, Lie and Hopf Algebras” held at Marine Station of MUN in Norris Point, NL, in 2007. The guest editors of the
volume were Yuri Bahturin and Mike Parmenter. Currently in preparation are the Proceedings of the most recent
AAC conference “Polynomial Identities in Algebras. II” held at MUN in September 2011. They will appear in a spe-
cial volume of “Serdica Mathematical Journal”.
AAC takes part in the monograph series by Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences. Cur-
rently two AAC mini course lecturers Alberto Elduque and Mikhail Kochetov are working jointly on the monograph
devoted to the theory of Graded Algebras developed in their mini courses delivered at MUN in 2008 and 2009.
During these five years of work most of the activities of AAC were reported in the newsletters of AARMS on their
web site http://www.aarms.math.ca/ and in the form of printed flyers.
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Undergraduate Algebra Competition
The Atlantic Algebra Center invites all undergraduate students from universities of Atlantic Can-
ada to participate in Undergraduate Algebra Competition. The first five Undergraduate Algebra
Competitions were held in 2007 - 2011. The winners were as follows:
2007 : Andrew Stewart (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
2008 : Matthew Fiset (University of New Brunswick )
2009 : Andrew Stewart (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
2010 : Pam Sargent (Mount Allison University)
2011 : Jonathan Lomond (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Prof. Alexander Premet of University of Manchester, UK,
awarding the book prize to Andrew Stewart, the winner of the
First AAC Undergraduate Algebra Competition
Atlantic Algebra Center
St. John’s
NL, Canada
A1C 5S7
Phone: (709) 864-8521
Fax: (709) 864-3010
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mun.ca/aac
