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SUMMARY:Math Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:
 Speaker Robert Bell will discuss joint work with 
 Rita Gitik (UM) on the problem of recognizing 
 quasi-positive elements of a group G defined 
 by a finite presentation (X;R). Bell will 
 present a new solution to the recognition problem 
 for free groups and discuss some of the 
 challenges posed by braid groups and related 
 groups.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Department of Mathematics\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: https://www.math.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Department of Mathematics\n
 Contact phone: (517) 353-0844\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.math.msu.edu/Seminars/CalendarView.aspx?month-of=September2016\n
LOCATION:C304 Wells Hall
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