Midrasha on Groups | Fall 2025–26
Welcome to the Midrasha on Groups course's webpage at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Morning Session (Learning Seminar): Mondays 11:15–13:00
Afternoon Session (Research Seminar): Mondays 14:15–16:00
The first meeting of the fall semester will take place on October 27, 2025.
Learning Seminar
Fall 2025–26 | Hilbert's Fifth Problem
On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, we held a special meeting in Ziskind 1, where we presented several possible topics for the learning seminar and voted on our favorites. The chosen topic was Hilbert’s Fifth Problem.
Students who are interested in giving talks are welcome to contact the organizers.
Main Reference
[Tao] Terence Tao, Hilbert's fifth problem and related topics. Graduate Studies in Mathematics, 153. American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2014.
Topics and Speakers
The topics and speakers for each week are here.
Research Seminar
Fall 2024–25
| October 27, 2025 | Matan Seidel (TAU) |
| November 3, 2025 | Nir Avni (Northwestern) |
| November 10, 2025 | Tsviqa Lakrec (Geneva) |
| November 17, 2025 | Segev Gonen Cohen (ETH Zürich) |
| November 24, 2025 | Amichai Lampert (Michigan) |
| December 1, 2025 | Aranka Hrušková (Weizmann) |
| December 8, 2025 | 11:15 Jonathan Fruchter (Bonn) 14:15 Shaked Bader (Oxford) |
| December 15, 2025 | Harry Petyt (Oxford) |
| December 22, 2025 | Omri Solan (IAS and Princeton) |
| December 29, 2025 | Daniel Tsodikovich (IST Austria) |
| January 5, 2026 | Sergey Avvakumov (TAU) |
| January 12, 2026 | Assaf Reiner (HUJI) |
| January 19, 2026 | Yotam Shomoroni (TAU) |