Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar
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Tue, 19/01/2010 16:00 |
Dawid Kielak (Oxford) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar  |
SR1 |
| We will look at CAT(0) spaces, their isometries and boundaries (defined through Busemann functions). | |||
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Tue, 26/01/2010 16:00 |
Alexander Coward (Oxford/University of California at Davis) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR1 |
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Tue, 02/02/2010 16:00 |
Richard Wade (Oxford) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR1 |
| We introduce Outer space, a contractible finite dimensional topological space on which the outer automorphism group of a free group acts 'nicely.' We will explain what 'nicely' is, and provide motivation with comparisons to symmetric spaces, analogous spaces associated to linear groups. | |||
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Wed, 03/02/2010 16:00 |
Alessandro Sisto (Oxford University) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR2 |
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Tue, 09/02/2010 16:00 |
Jessica Banks (Oxford) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR1 |
| The Alexander polynomial of a link was the first link polynomial. We give some ways of defining this much-studied invariant, and derive some of its properties. | |||
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Tue, 16/02/2010 16:00 |
Anne Thomas (Oxford) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR1 |
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Tue, 23/02/2010 16:00 |
David Hume (Oxford) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR1 |
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Tue, 02/03/2010 16:00 |
Benno Kuckuck (Oxford) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR1 |
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Tue, 09/03/2010 16:00 |
Martin Palmer (Oxford) |
Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar |
SR1 |
