The Asymptotic Cone of a Symmetric Space is a Euclidean Building

The Asymptotic Cone of a Symmetric Space is a Euclidean Building

Tue, 11/05/2010
16:00 		Andrew Sale (Oxford) Junior Geometric Group Theory Seminar Add to calendar SR1
The Asymptotic Cone of a Symmetric Space is a Euclidean Building
I will introduce Symmetric spaces via a result of Kleiner & Leeb, comparing the axioms in their definition of a Euclidean building with properties of symmetric spaces of noncompact type.