Special Colloquium
Richard Kent
Brown University
Analytic functions from hyperbolic manifolds
Abstract: At the heart of Thurston's proof of Geometrization for Haken
manifolds is a family of analytic functions between Teichmuller spaces
called "skinning maps." These maps carry geometric information about their
associated hyperbolic manifolds, and I'll discuss what is presently known
about their behavior. The ideas involved form a mix of geometry, algebra,
and analysis.
Friday December 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM in SEO 636