Abstract: 

Von Neumann asked whether every non-amenable group contains a free subgroup.  The answer is no.  I will give an account of a simple proof of this due to Nicholas Monod.

Speaker

Michael Cowling

Research Area
Affiliation

UNSW

Date

Tue, 21/05/2013 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Venue

RC-4082, Red Centre Building, UNSW