Abstract:
In 1971, S. P. Novikov and V. M. Buchstaber gave the construction, predicted by characteristic classes. This construction describes a multiplication, with a product of any pair of elements being a non-ordered multiset of $n$ points. It led to the notion of $n$-valued groups. Soon after that, V. M. Buchstaber gave the axiomatic definition of $n$-valued groups, obtained the first results on their algebraic structure, and began to develop the theory. At present, a number of authors are developing $n$-valued (finite, discrete, topological or algebra geometric) group theory together with applications in various areas of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. In this talk, we will give some key notions of $n$-valued group theory and discuss the author’s recently obtained results, which are related to multivalued discrete dynamical systems. We will describe some connections with famous results on symbolic dynamics, combinatorics on words and constructions of quasicrystals.
