Strong Convergence, Random Matrices and Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups
Date: 3 - 7 August 2026
Location: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Event type: Workshop
Organisers: Irving Calderón (UNAM), Adolfo Guillot (UNAM), Sebastián Hurtado-Salazar (Yale), Pierre Py (Grenoble Alpes), Matthew Stover (CUNY)
The aim of the workshop is to gather doctorate students and researchers working on probability theory and on discrete subgroups of Lie groups to discuss recent advances around the notion of strong convergence for discrete groups. This notion first appeared about 20 years ago for the free group and was studied for more general discrete subgroups of Lie groups recently, notably by Magee and his collaborators. It has found remarkable applications in differential geometry (for the study of minimal surfaces and of the spectrum of the Laplacian). The program will include two mini-courses to introduce basic notions on Lie groups and their discrete subgroups on the one hand and on strong convergence on the other hand.
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