The Weigold--Goldman conjecture for compact Lie groups.

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Gelander Tsachik, Northwestern University
IAS - Simonyi Hall 101

Let n>2. Weigold conjectured that if G is a finite simple group then the product replacement graph on n-generating tuples is connected (which also implies that it is an expander for n>3). This conjecture is still (wide) open. I will discuss analog problems when G is a compact Lie group. More precisely, I will present the little that I know and speculate about stronger conjectures that I cannot prove.