Flows and Thurston’s norm: Fibered faces
Introductory Workshop: Topological and Geometric Structures in Low Dimensions & Geometry and Dynamics for Discrete Subgroups of Higher Rank Lie Groups January 26, 2026 - January 30, 2026
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium, Online/Virtual
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I will survey the theory of fibered faces via flows, a rich picture developed by Thurston, Fried, Mosher, McMullen, and others. This will allow us to touch on the Thurston norm, pseudo-Anosov flows, automorphisms of surfaces (finite and infinite type), taut foliations, and perhaps polynomial invariants, depending on time.