Brandeis-Harvard-MIT-Northeastern

JOINT MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM


 
The geometry of Out(F_n)

 

Mladen Bestvina

University of Utah
 
 

Harvard University

Thursday, May 9, 2013


 

Talk at 4:30 p.m. in Science Center A

Tea at 4:00 p.m. in the Math Lounge


 
 

Abstract:   The geometry of mapping class groups is very well understood thanks to the work of Masur, Minsky and others. The last couple of years have seen progress in a similar understanding of Out(F_n), the group of outer automorphisms of a free group. In the talk I will review the situation for both groups and point out some of the remaining challenges for Out(F_n).


 

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