Title : Random walks on some finite groups
Speaker: Professor Martin Liebeck
Affiliation: Imperial College London
Time: 4:00 pm Thursday, 4 May, 2017
Location: Mathematics & Physics Building (303-G13)
Abstract
I will talk about some algebraic methods that have been developed to tackle questions such as: how many shuffles are needed to mix a pack of cards? How many random steps around a circle are needed to produce a random number? How many random elementary row operations on the identity matrix are needed to produce a random invertible matrix? These questions can all be phrased in terms of random walks on various finite groups.

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