UBC Mathematics Colloquium
Analytic functions from hyperbolic manifolds
Mon., Jan. 11, 2010, 4:00pm, MATX 1100
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.