Geometry, Topology and Dynamics Seminar
Joseph Maher
Oklahoma State University
Random Heegaard splittings
Abstract: We show that if you use a random walk on the mapping class group
as the gluing map for a Heegaard splitting then the probability that the
manifold is hyperbolic tends to one as the length of the walk tends to
infinty.
Monday April 21, 2008 at 3:00 PM in SEO 612