Talking About Combinatorial Objects Student seminar (TACOS)

CCN: 15772

Date	Speaker	Title (click for abstract)	References/Notes
2/2	Katrina Biele	Introduction to Coxeter groups	Introductory Talk Guidelines
2/9	Chris Miller	Root systems
2/16	Max Hlavacek	Finite reflection groups
2/23	Isabelle Shankar	Bruhat order
3/2	Nic Brody	Geometry of Coxeter groups
3/9	Mariel Supina	Generalized permutohedra
3/16	Chris Eur	Coxeter matroids
3/23	Charles Wang	Combinatorics and geometry of flag varieties
3/30	Spring Break	No talk
4/6	Jeremy Meza	Hecke algebras and Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials	Notes
4/13	Mario Sanchez	Noncrossing partitions
4/27	Melissa Sherman-Bennett	Generalized associahedra and cluster algebras
5/4	Andres Rodriguez	Hopf Structures on Generalized Permutahedra	UNUSUAL TIME (2-3)

Possible topics, complete with some references (requires bConnected account).
Combinatorics of Coxeter Groups, by Bjorner and Brenti (ebook, only accessible via a Cal internet connection).
Reflection Groups and Coxeter Groups, by Humphreys (ebook, only accessible via a Cal internet connection).
Federico Ardila's course on Coxeter groups: index , lecture videos.