Algebra and Geometry

A geometric shape

About us

The research interests of our group cover a wide range of topics on the interface between algebra and geometry.

Geometric objects can be conveniently encoded using algebra. For example, a circle or ellipse in the plane can be described by a quadratic polynomial equation. Higher degree polynomials give more interesting spaces called "algebraic varieties", which we can study using tools from ring theory, or using more advanced tools like derived categories. The symmetries of a geometric object form a group, which can be studied using pure algebra and representation theory.

Conversely, geometric techniques can often be applied to algebraic objects. For example, you can often deform algebraic objects in families called moduli spaces, which have natural notions of geometry and topology. Or you can deduce something about a group by letting it act on a well-understood metric space.

In our department, the algebra and geometry group conducts research mainly in:

  • representation theory of groups and algebras,
  • group theory and geometric group theory,
  • Lie algebras and algebraic groups,
  • homotopical and homological algebra,
  • algebraic topology,
  • deformation theory,
  • noncommutative geometry,
  • symplectic topology.

Projects

DSQ: Clifford primitives and their application to cohomology and Littlewood-Richardson coefficients
01/08/2023 → 30/07/2024
Research

New Frontiers in Symplectic Topology
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2026
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LMS Research School on Rigidity, Flexibility and Applications
18/07/2022 → 22/07/2022
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Mackey Functors for Topological Groups
13/02/2022 → 19/02/2022
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Schubert Calculus via Cluster Categories
04/01/2022 → 31/12/2022
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Positive Fuss-Catalan Combinatorics and Representation Theory
05/07/2021 → 29/08/2021
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Hausdorff Dimension Spectrum of Pro-p Groups
28/06/2021 → 20/08/2021
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LMS - Research in Pairs (Prof Serge Bouc)
07/03/2021 → 31/07/2021
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Research in Pairs - Scheme 4 - Support of collaborative research with Professor Walter Whiteley at York University, Toronto
01/02/2021 → 31/05/2021
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Rank Functions on Triangulated Categories, Homotopy Theory and Representations of Finite Groups (RANKS)
01/12/2020 → 31/08/2024
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Coorganisation of LMS Online Lecture Series (see activities for an update)
01/09/2020 → 31/10/2020
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Combinatorial and Geometric Methods in Representation Theory
20/01/2020 → 19/01/2022
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host the LMS Prospects in Mathematics Meeting 2019 (additional funding)
01/09/2019 → 30/09/2019
Research

Honey Bee Municipal Pesticide Exposure
01/08/2019 → 31/12/2020
Research

Singularities and symplectic topology
25/03/2019 → 13/12/2020
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LIMITS: Limits of Structures in Algebra and Combinatorics
01/02/2019 → 31/01/2024
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Supplementary Issue of Glasgow Mathematical Journal on Non-Associative Algebras
01/12/2018 → 30/11/2020
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Linearly constrained frameworks
01/11/2018 → 31/01/2019
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Functor categories for groups
01/10/2017 → 31/12/2018
Other

London Mathematical Society-Review & Final Approvals Travel to Delaware
25/09/2017 → 05/10/2017
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LMS Scheme 4 - 41434
01/09/2015 → 30/09/2015
Other

Comibinatorial Rigidity, Symmetric Geometric Constraint Systems and Applications
01/06/2015 → 31/08/2016
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Reconstructing Broken Symmetry
28/11/2014 → 27/03/2016
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London Mathematical Society - Visitor Grant (Scheme 2)
01/10/2014 → 28/10/2014
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EPSRC - Interpretation functors and infinite-dimensional representations of finite-dimensional algebras
09/09/2013 → 08/09/2016
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