Spring 2012 @ Brown
March 14, 2012
Title: Mapping class groups, Kleinian groups and convex cocompactness.
Abstract: For mapping class groups there is a notion of convex cocompactness due to Farb and Mosher and defined by way of analogy with the concept of the same name in Kleinian groups. On the other hand, there are certain Kleinian groups which can themselves naturally be thought of as subgroups of mapping class groups. I will discuss a direct relationship between convex cocompactness in the two settings for this special class of groups. This is joint work with Spencer Dowdall and Richard Kent.
| Time | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 - 2:00 | Lunch | Kabob and Curry | Please RSVP! [email mangahas@math.brown.edu] |
| 2:00 - 2:20 | Informal talk: Convex cocompactness for hyperbolic 3-manifold groups (Ian Biringer, Yale) | Room: Kassar 105 | (10 minutes break/questions) |
| 2:30 - 2:50 | Informal talk: Convex cocompactness for the mapping class group (Johanna Mangahas, Brown) | Room: Kassar 105 | (10 minutes break/questions) |
| 3:07 - 4:00 | Geometry Seminar (Chris Leininger, UIUC) | Room: Kassar 105 |
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