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Introduction to Geometric Group Theory |
| August 27, 2007 to August 31, 2007 |
| Organized By: Mladen Bestvina, Jon McCammond, Michah Sageev, Karen Vogtmann |
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| Parent Programs: |
| Geometric Group Theory |
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The workshop will consist of several minicourses, 3 hours each, as well as a program of one-hour lectures. The planned mini-course speakers and their topics are as follows:
- Jim Cannon: Non-positive and negative curvature in group theory
- Ruth Charney: Coxeter and Artin groups
- Benson Farb: Mapping class groups
- Bruce Kleiner: Quasi-isometric rigidity
- Ian Leary: Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse Theory
The following people have agreed to give one-hour lectures:- Mike Davis
- Daniel Groves
- Kim Ruane
- Jennifer Taback
- Alain Valette
- Henry Wilton
- Kevin Wortman
- Jon McCammond
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Schedule |
Monday August 27, 2007 |
| 09:00AM - 09:50AM |
James Cannon |
Geometric Group Theory by Example
(See Abstract) |
| 10:30AM - 11:20AM |
Ruth Charney |
Coxeter and Artin groups
(See Abstract) |
| 01:00PM - 01:50PM |
Benson Farb |
A crash course on mapping class groups, I: Algebra versus topology
(See Abstract) |
| 02:00PM - 02:50PM |
Michael Davis |
Cohomology of Coxeter groups and buildings
(See Abstract) |
| 03:45PM - 04:35PM |
Daniel Groves |
Homomorphisms to mapping class groups
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Tuesday August 28, 2007 |
| 09:00AM - 09:50AM |
Bruce Kleiner |
Quasi-isometric rigidity
(See Abstract) |
| 10:30AM - 11:20AM |
Ian Leary |
Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse theory
(See Abstract) |
| 01:00PM - 01:50PM |
James Cannon |
Curvature in Group Theory
(See Abstract) |
| 02:00PM - 02:50PM |
Kim Ruane |
Automorphisms of Graph Products
(See Abstract) |
| 03:45PM - 04:35PM |
Jennifer Taback |
An introduction to Thompson's group F
(See Abstract) |
Wednesday August 29, 2007 |
| 09:00AM - 09:50AM |
Ruth Charney |
Coxeter and Artin groups
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| 10:30AM - 11:20AM |
Benson Farb |
A crash course in mapping class groups, II: Moduli space and the Thurston Classification
(See Abstract) |
| 11:30AM - 12:20PM |
Bruce Kleiner |
Quasi-isometric rigidity
(See Abstract) |
Thursday August 30, 2007 |
| 09:00AM - 09:50AM |
Ian Leary |
Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse theory
(See Abstract) |
| 10:30AM - 11:20AM |
James Cannon |
Curvature and Group Algorithms
(See Abstract) |
| 01:00PM - 01:50PM |
Ruth Charney |
Coxeter and Artin groups
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| 02:00PM - 02:50PM |
Alain Valette |
Groups embedding quasi-isometrically into Hilbert spaces
(See Abstract) |
| 03:45PM - 04:35PM |
Kevin Wortman |
SL(n,Z[t]) is not FP_(n-1)
(See Abstract) |
Friday August 31, 2007 |
| 09:00AM - 09:50AM |
Bruce Kleiner |
Quasi-isometric rigidity
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| 10:30AM - 11:20AM |
Benson Farb |
A crash course on mapping class groups, II: The Torelli group
(See Abstract) |
| 01:00PM - 01:50PM |
Ian Leary |
Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse theory
(See Abstract) |
| 02:00PM - 02:50PM |
Jon McCammond |
Triangle, Squares and Biautomaticity
(See Abstract) |
| 03:45PM - 04:35PM |
Henry Wilton |
Subgroup separability in residually free groups
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Currently Available Videos |
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James Cannon
, Geometric Group Theory by Example August 27,2007, 09:00 AM to 09:50 AM
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Ruth Charney
, Coxeter and Artin groups August 27,2007, 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM
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Benson Farb
, A crash course on mapping class groups, I: Algebra versus topology August 27,2007, 01:00 PM to 01:50 PM
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Michael Davis
, Cohomology of Coxeter groups and buildings August 27,2007, 02:00 PM to 02:50 PM
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Daniel Groves
, Homomorphisms to mapping class groups August 27,2007, 03:45 PM to 04:45 PM
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Bruce Kleiner
, Quasi-isometric rigidity August 28,2007, 09:00 AM to 09:50 AM
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Ian Leary
, Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse theory August 28,2007, 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM
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James Cannon
, Curvature in Group Theory August 28,2007, 01:00 PM to 01:50 PM
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Kim Ruane
, Automorphisms of Graph Products August 28,2007, 02:00 PM to 02:50 PM
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Jennifer Taback
, An introduction to Thompson's group F August 28,2007, 03:45 PM to 04:45 PM
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Ruth Charney
, Coxeter and Artin groups August 29,2007, 09:00 AM to 09:50 AM
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Benson Farb
, A crash course in mapping class groups, II: Moduli space and the Thurston Classification August 29,2007, 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM
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Bruce Kleiner
, Quasi-isometric rigidity August 29,2007, 11:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Ian Leary
, Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse theory August 30,2007, 09:00 AM to 09:50 AM
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James Cannon
, Curvature and Group Algorithms August 30,2007, 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM
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Ruth Charney
, Coxeter and Artin groups August 30,2007, 01:00 PM to 01:50 PM
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Kevin Wortman
, SL(n,Z[t]) is not FP_(n-1) August 30,2007, 03:45 PM to 04:35 PM
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Bruce Kleiner
, Quasi-isometric rigidity August 31,2007, 09:00 AM to 09:50 AM
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Benson Farb
, A crash course on mapping class groups, II: The Torelli group August 31,2007, 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM
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Ian Leary
, Finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse theory August 31,2007, 01:00 PM to 01:50 PM
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Jon McCammond
, Triangle, Squares and Biautomaticity August 31,2007, 02:00 PM to 02:50 PM
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Henry Wilton
, Subgroup separability in residually free groups August 31,2007, 03:45 PM to 04:35 PM
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Introduction to Geometric Group Theory
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