Past Talks・Fall 2014
201412/18Thu Talk

Regular polyhedra, quaternions, and Dynkin diagrams

Prof.Weiqiang WangUniversity of Virginia 下午 4:00–5:30 Hongjing Hall 107 室
Abstract: We will explain some intimate connections between the symmetric groups of regular polyhedra and Dynkin diagrams of simple Lie algebras from both geometric and group theoretic viewpoints.