Wed, 15 Jun 2016

11:30 - 12:30
N3.12

2x2 Matrices

Giles Gardam
(Oxford)
Abstract

We will explore the many guises under which groups of 2x2 matrices appear, such as isometries of the hyperbolic plane, mapping class groups and the modular group. Along the way we will learn some interesting and perhaps surprising facts.

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