Graduate Student Colloquium
Brad Groff
UIC
The geometry of group splittings
Abstract: This talk will have two parts. First, I will discuss some of the basic facts relating to the large-scale geometry of finitely generated groups. Following this, I will discuss how this geometric information impacts many of the algebraic properties of these groups. Particular examples of this phenomenon will come from my work on splittings of groups (in the sense of Bass-Serre theory) that can be seen directly in the group's geometry.
The talk will assume no background in geometric group theory, and should be accessible to all graduate students.
Monday February 11, 2013 at 4:15 PM in SEO 636