Title:  Eilenberg-MacLane Spaces

Abstract:  A space X is a K(G,n)  if \pi_n(X)=G and \pi_i(X)=0 if i\neq n. An interesting aspect is that the homotopy type of a CW comples K(G,n) is uniquely determined by G and n. We will investigate the construction of K(G,1), otherwise known as BG, for an arbitrary (discrete) group G, the homology of K(G,1) spaces, and the infinite symmetric product SP(X).

Title:  Duals of Skew θ-Constacyclic Codes

Abstract:  We generalize cyclic codes to skew θ-constacyclic codes using skew polynomial rings. We provide a useful tool for exploring these codes: the circulant. In addition to presenting some properties of the circulant, we use it to re-examine a theorem giving the dual code of a skew θ- constacyclic code first presented by Boucher/Ulmer (2011). This talk includes work with Dr. Heide Gluesing-Luerssen.

Title:  Extremal functions in modules of systems of measures

Abstract:  We study Fuglede’s p-modules of systems of measures in condensers in the Euclidean spaces. First, we generalize the result by Rodin that provides a way to compute the extremal function and the 2-module of a family of curves in the plane to a variety of other settings. More specifically, in the Euclidean space we compute the p-module of images of families of connecting curves and families of separating sets with respect to the plates of a condenser under homeomorphisms with some assumed regularity. Then we calculate the module and find the extremal measures for the spherical ring domain on polarizable Carnot groups and extend Rodin’s theorem to the spherical ring domain on the Heisenberg group. Applications to special functions and examples will be provided. Joint work with Melkana Brakalova and Irina Markina.