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Mapping class groups and Out(F_n)

Introductory Workshop: Geometric Group Theory August 22, 2016 - August 26, 2016

August 22, 2016 (09:15 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT)
Speaker(s): Mladen Bestvina (University of Utah)
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium
Tags/Keywords

  • geometric group theory

  • automorphism groups

  • horocycles

  • group actions

  • Mapping Class Group

  • Free Groups

  • SL_2(Z)

  • Teichmuller

Primary Mathematics Subject Classification
Secondary Mathematics Subject Classification No Secondary AMS MSC
Video

14587
Abstract

I am planning to briefly describe these two classes of groups, their most important properties, and spaces on which they act. I will try to explain how these different spaces fit together in a form of a dictionary relating the two theories. I will finish by listing some of the outstanding problems in the two subjects
Supplements
26636?type=thumb Bestvina Notes 280 KB application/pdf Download
Video/Audio Files

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