Theses

Bachelor, Master and PhD

Past theses and suggested topics for future work.

Future topics

Literature and References

The papers listed below are foundational contributions to research in geometry and group theory. Each one offers a strong entry point into a vibrant topic of current research.

  • J. Bourgain, On Lipschitz embedding of finite metric spaces in Hilbert space, Israel Journal of Mathematics 52 (1985), 46-52.
  • D. Burago and B. Kleiner, Separated nets in Euclidean space and Jacobians of bi-Lipschitz maps, Geom. Funct. Anal. 8 (1998), 273-282.
  • Y. de Cornulier and A. Mann, Some residually finite groups satisfying laws. Geometric group theory, 45–50, Trends Math., Birkhäuser, Basel, 2007.
  • J. Howie, A proof of the Scott-Wiegold conjecture on free products of cyclic groups. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 173 (2002), no. 2, 167–176.
  • W. Johnson and J. Lindenstrauss, Extensions of Lipschitz mappings into a Hilbert space, Contemp. Math. 26 (1984), 189-206.
  • K. Whyte, Amenability, bi-Lipschitz equivalence, and the von Neumann conjecture, Duke Math. J. 99 (1999), 93-112.

Completed theses

Doctoral theses

Name Year Title Institution
Lukas Gohla 2024 Topics in Group Stability TU Dresden
Leonardo Businhani Biz 2021 The Boundary A-(T)-menability of the Space of Finite Bounded Degree Graphs (supervised by Vadim Alekseev) TU Dresden
Jakob Schneider 2020 On ultraproducts of compact quasisimple groups TU Dresden
Christiane Zyrus 2020 Almost laws for finite simple groups TU Dresden
Maria Gerasimova 2019 Isoperimetry, Littlewood functions, and unitarisability of groups TU Dresden
Anton Claußnitzer 2018 Aspects of p-adic operator algebras TU Dresden
Marcus de Chiffre 2018 Approximate representations of groups TU Dresden
Tom Drescher 2018 Free Convex Semi-Algebraic Geometry — The Limits of Quantifier Elimination, Projection Properties, and Operator Systems (supervised by Tim Netzer) Universität Innsbruck
Abdelrhman Elkasapy 2015 Word Maps on Compact Lie Groups Universität Leipzig
Andreas Kübel 2015 Equivariant Differential Cohomology Universität Leipzig
Philip Dowerk 2015 Algebraic and Topological Properties of Unitary Groups of II1 factors Universität Leipzig
Peter Schlicht 2013 Amenable groups and a geometric view on unitarisability Universität Leipzig
Abel Stolz 2013 Linear approximation of groups and ultraproducts of compact simple groups Universität Leipzig
Łukasz Grabowski 2011 On Turing machines, dynamical systems and the Atiyah problem Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Johannes Härtel 2008 Reduktionssysteme zur Berechnung einer Auflösung der orthogonalen freien Quantengruppen Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Master's theses

Name Year Title Institution
Frederic Dörband 02/2019 Solvability of Finite Groups TU Dresden
Lukas Gohla 10/2018 On Margulis Normal Subgroup Theorem for Groups and Equivalence Relations (supervised by Vadim Alekseev) TU Dresden
Jakob Schneider 09/2016 Laws for finite groups TU Dresden
Christoph Gamm 08/2011 ε-representations of groups and Ulam stability Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Bachelor's theses

Name Year Title Institution
Florian Starke 10/2018 Measure Concentration for Symplectic Groups TU Dresden
Constantin Bilz 09/2016 Approximation of the Euclidean Plane by Metric Graphs TU Dresden
Christoph Gamm 08/2009 ε-representations of amenable groups Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Patrick Neumann 06/2009 Durchmesser und Wachstum endlicher Heisenberggruppen Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Staatsexamen für Lehramt

Name Year Title Institution
Fabian Schulz 07/2018 Das Vierfarbenproblem in außerschulischen Lernvorhaben TU Dresden

Diploma theses

Name Year Title Institution
Christian Fetsch 09/2014 Expandergraphen und Derandomisierung Universität Leipzig
Christiane Zyrus 09/2014 Trace polynomials and word maps Universität Leipzig
Tom Drescher 03/2014 Graphen und Determinantendarstellungen (supervised by PD Dr. Tim Netzer) Universität Leipzig
Felix Weber 10/2013 Planarität und der Test auf Eigenschaften in dünnbesetzten Graphen Universität Leipzig
Niklas Hase 10/2013 Entropy of algebraic actions Universität Leipzig
Heinrich-Gregor Zirnstein 05/2012 Formulating Szemerédi's Theorem in Terms of Ultrafilters Universität Leipzig
Andreas Kübel 10/2011 Die Stabile-Kohomotopie-Konstruktion von Bauer und Furuta (co-supervised with Prof. Dr. Matthias Schwarz) Universität Leipzig
Daniel Rettstadt 09/2009 L2-Homology of Thompsons group Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Peter Schlicht 02/2009 L2-Homologie und die Vermutung von Whitehead Georg-August-Universität Göttingen