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Rotation sets via the fine curve graph

Recent Progress in Topological and Geometric Structures in Low Dimensions March 23, 2026 - March 27, 2026

March 27, 2026 (09:30 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT)
Speaker(s): Sebastian Hensel (LMU München)
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium, Online/Virtual
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Abstract

The fine curve graph is a variant of the curve graph for the homeomorphism group: a Gromov hyperbolic graph on which the homeomorphism group acts. In this talk we present joint work with Frédéric Le Roux linking the shape of the rotation set of a torus homeomorphism (a classical, dynamical conjugacy invariant) to the geometry of its action on the fine curve graph. As a consequence, one can construct homeomorphisms with positive scl close to the identity, and obtain Tits alternatives for (certain) subgroups of the homeomorphism group of the torus.

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