| 1/22, 1/24 |
TRR |
Introduction; survey of classes of solvable groups and some examples |
| 1/29, 1/31 |
TRR |
Introduction; survey of classes of solvable groups and some examples |
| 2/5, 2/7 |
TRR |
Growth and virtually nilpotent groups |
| 2/12, 2/14 |
TRR |
The soap-film geometry of nilpotent groups – intro. to filling functions |
| 2/19, 2/21 |
TRR |
The soap-film geometry of nilpotent groups – combable groups, The (c+1)-Theorem |
| 2/26, 2/28 |
TRR |
Dehn functions of free nilpotent groups; Wenger's example; open questions |
| 3/5, 3/7 |
TRR |
The Geometry of Baumslag-Solitar Groups |
| 3/12 |
Chenxi |
The geometry of Sol and other torus bundles over the circle |
| 3/14 |
Margarita + TRR |
Lamplighters and their generalizations |
| Spring Break |
| 3/26 |
Margarita + TRR |
Lamplighters and their generalizations ctd. |
| 3/28 |
Andrew |
The geometry of free solvable groups |
| 4/2 |
Amin |
Baumslag's Embedding theorem for metabelian groups |
| 4/4, 4/9 |
Teddy + Yash |
Bieri-Strebel invariants |
| 4/11, 4/16 |
Ying-Ying + Scott |
Automaticity and combings in the context of solvable groups |
| 4/18, 4/23 |
Kristen + Iian |
Rigidity |
| 4/25, 4/30, 5/2 |
Johannes + Mathav + Tianyi |
Random walks on solvable groups |