Real, Complex, and Symplectic Reflection Groups
6 - 10 March 2023
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Organisers
This spring school is directed towards PhD students and postdocs interested in the theory of hyperplane arrangements, reflection groups, and related topics.
Mini-courses
Götz Pfeiffer (Galway): Computational aspects of complex reflection groups
You can find the lecture notes of Pfeiffer here.
Ulrich Thiel (Kaiserslautern): Complex and symplectic reflection groups
You can find the lecture notes of Thiel here.
Masahiko Yoshinaga (Osaka): Old and new results on Catalan arrangements
Conference Talks
Eirini Chavli (Stuttgart): On generic Hecke algebras
Michael Cuntz (Hannover): Weyl groupoids
Georges Neaime (Bochum): Interval Garside theory and the K(\pi,1) conjecture for Artin groups
Tan Tran (Bochum): Old and new results on freeness properties of reflection arrangements
You can find the talk of Tran here.
Schedule
Abstracts of the mini-courses and talks can be found here.
Talks will be held in the ID building, room ID 03/445.
Coffee breaks will be held in the opposite room ID 03/419.
Accommodation
We have reserved a number of rooms from 5 -- 11 March 2023 at Ibis Bochum Zentrum , at a special university rate.
You have to book the room yourself by writing an email to the hotel H1440@accor.com. Please, mention in your email that you are coming to our Spring School and that you would like to benefit from the university rate. Also note that you have to mention the keyword "Coxeter" when you do the booking.
Registration
In order to register to the event, please send in a single pdf file a short cover letter and a Curriculum Vitae to claudia.knauber[@]rub.de.
Registration deadline: February 12, 2023.
Please, indicate in your registration whether you want to participate in the excursion and/or conference dinner (see next section).
Excursion and Conference Dinner
On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, there is a tour/excursion to the Zeche Zollverein.
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, there is a conference dinner, at 7pm, at Giuseppe Restaurant.
Please indicate as part of your registration whether you would like to participate in the tour/excursion, and whether you would like to participate in the joint conference dinner.
Travel information
How to get to Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Participants
Sponsors
We acknowledge the RUB Research School and the DFG. We also acknowledge the RUB Floer Centre of Geometry, and the SFB CRC/TRR 191 : Symplectic Structures in Geometry, Algebra and Dynamics.
