Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar (MATH 755-756)

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar (MATH 755-756)

List of Talks given in 1997-98

Tue., September 9   Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University
Connectivity at infinity of outer space
Tue., September 16   Dani Wise, Cornell University
The finitely presented subgroups of the direct product of free groups
Tue., September 23   Noel Brady, Cornell University
Connectivity at infinity for right-angled Artin groups
Tue., September 30   Noel Brady, Cornell University
Connectivity at infinity for Out (F_n), part II
Tue., October 7   Noel Brady, Cornell University
Connectivity at infinity for Out(F_n), part III
Tue., October 21   Marshall Cohen, Cornell University
Connectivity at infinity of Out (F_n), IV
Mon., November 3   Lisa Orlandi, Cornell University
TBA
Tue., November 11   Marshall Cohen, Cornell University
Connectivity at infinity for Out(F_n), V
Tue., November 25   Dani Wise, Cornell University
Coherent groups and the perimeter of 2-complexes
Thu., December 4   Rob Ghrist, University of Texas
Plane field flows
Tue., February 3   Ferenc Gerlits, Cornell University
Divergence of geodesics as a quasi-isometry invariant
Tue., February 10   Ferenc Gerlits, Cornell University
Divergence as a quasi-isometry invariant II
Tue., February 17   Martin Bridson, Oxford University
Finitely presented subgroups of semihyperbolic groups
Fri., February 27   Mladen Bestvina, Utah
Artin groups of finite type
Tue., March 3   Dani Wise, Cornell University
3-manifold groups that are not subgroup separable
Tue., March 17   Eugene Lerman, University of Illinois
Symplectic orbifolds and projective toric varieties
Tue., April 7   Noel Brady, Cornell University
Geometry and logical complexity of HNN extensions of Z+Z--part II