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Spring Semester 2023

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2 March 2023
15:00-16:00 		Mireille Soergel
Université de Bourgogne, ETH Zürich
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Simplicial non-positive curvature
Speaker, Affiliation Mireille Soergel, Université de Bourgogne, ETH Zürich
Date, Time 2 March 2023, 15:00-16:00
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract A classical notion of curvature is the sectional curvature of a Riemannian manifold. Alexandrov and Gromov generalized the Riemannian curvature notion to metric spaces. In 2006 Januszkiewicz and Świątkowski introduced systolicity as a non-positive curvature criterion for simplicial complexes. I will define systolic complexes and give some examples. I will also mention some properties of these spaces and of groups acting on them. We will also see how this notion compares to other notions on non-positive curvature.
Simplicial non-positive curvatureread_more
HG G 19.1
9 March 2023
14:30-15:30 		Anna Michael
Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Coxeter shadows - unfolding the beauty of folded galleries
Speaker, Affiliation Anna Michael, Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Date, Time 9 March 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract In 2018 Marius Graber and Petra Schwer introduced the notion of Coxeter Shadows, being a subset of the Coxeter group elements combinatorially defined via foldings of galleries in the Coxeter complex. These shadows have shown to have versatile applications in algebra and geometry, making them an object of interest for current research. In this talk we will retrace the roots of their invention to the early 20th century, and by examining vivid examples discover the beauty of folded galleries.
Coxeter shadows - unfolding the beauty of folded galleriesread_more
HG G 19.1
16 March 2023
14:30-15:30 		Alexis Marchand
University of Cambridge
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Stable commutator length and rationality theorems
Speaker, Affiliation Alexis Marchand, University of Cambridge
Date, Time 16 March 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract Stable commutator length (scl) is a measure of homological complexity in groups that has many surprising connections with various topics in geometric topology and group theory. We will introduce scl as well as some of those connections, and discuss the (hard) problem of computing scl. Time permitting, we will explain some of the ideas behind rationality theorems, which provide algorithms to compute scl in free groups and some generalisations.
Stable commutator length and rationality theoremsread_more
HG G 19.1
23 March 2023
14:30-15:30 		Victor Jaeck
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Non-Archimedean Geometry and Berkovich Analytification
Speaker, Affiliation Victor Jaeck, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date, Time 23 March 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract Let us consider metric spaces in which the triangular inequality is strengthened to d(x,z) ≤ max{d(x,y), d(y,z)}, that is, ultrametric spaces. These spaces, interesting in themselves, play an important role in the study of the geometry at infinity of various mathematical objects. The topological properties induced by the strengthened triangle inequality do not facilitate the study of the analytic properties of these spaces. The aim of this colloquium is to give an introduction to Berkovich's analytification, which provides a way to study the geometric properties of ultrametric spaces by analytical means.
Non-Archimedean Geometry and Berkovich Analytificationread_more
HG G 19.1
30 March 2023
14:30-15:30 		Lukas Böke
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Uniform perfectness of groups of diffeomorphisms
Speaker, Affiliation Lukas Böke, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Date, Time 30 March 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract The component of the identity of the diffeomorphism group of a compact manifold has been known to be perfect, i.e. we can factor every group element into simple commutators. This is due to work of Mather and Thurston in the 1970s. More recently, Burago-Ivanov-Polterovich and Tsuboi have shown that other than in dimensions 2 and 4, one can find a uniform bound on the number of commutators needed when factoring a group element into simple commutators. The situation in dimension 2 is drastically different. We will look at the tools involved for proving both boundedness and unboundedness of the commutator length on these groups.
Uniform perfectness of groups of diffeomorphismsread_more
HG G 19.1
6 April 2023
14:30-15:30 		Naomi Bredon
Université de Fribourg
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Coxeter polyhedra and reflection groups
Speaker, Affiliation Naomi Bredon, Université de Fribourg
Date, Time 6 April 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract Coxeter polyhedra are convex polyhedra whose dihedral angles are integer submultiples of π. They are intimately related with regular polyhedra tessellating the space and enjoy nice extremal properties. Due to the work of H.S.M Coxeter, spherical and Euclidean Coxeter polyhedra are fully classified. However, in the hyperbolic case, such a classification is far from being complete. In this talk, we go into classification results in small dimensions, providing various examples, and discuss the properties of their associated reflection groups in terms of co-volumes and growth rates.
Coxeter polyhedra and reflection groupsread_more
HG G 19.1
20 April 2023
14:30-15:30 		Hermès Lajoinie
Université de Montpellier
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Strong property (T) and hyperbolicity
Speaker, Affiliation Hermès Lajoinie, Université de Montpellier
Date, Time 20 April 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract Hyperbolic groups were introduced in the 80's by M.Gromov as a generalization of fundamental groups of Riemannian manifold with non-positive curvature. These groups form a large class of finitely generated groups with lots of good combinatorial properties. Property (T) was introduced in the 60's by D.Kahzdan to prove that a large class of lattices are finitely generated. This is a rigidity property, this means that if a group has this property, actions on some particular metric spaces have to be trivial. For example, actions on trees have a fixed point. I will discuss these two notions and links between them. Time permitting, I will talk about a strengthening of Property (T) called Strong Property (T).
Strong property (T) and hyperbolicityread_more
HG G 19.1
27 April 2023
14:30-15:30 		Diego Santoro
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Taut foliations and the Property R conjecture
Speaker, Affiliation Diego Santoro, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Date, Time 27 April 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract Taut foliations are an important research topic in low-dimensional topology that has been widely used in the study of 3-manifolds. In this talk I will introduce the operation of Dehn surgery on a knot and state the Property R conjecture. Then I will give a rough outline of how taut foliations were used by Gabai to prove this conjecture.
Taut foliations and the Property R conjectureread_more
HG G 19.1
4 May 2023
14:30-15:30 		Giuseppe Bargagnati
Università di Pisa
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Contractible 3-manifolds and simplicial volume
Speaker, Affiliation Giuseppe Bargagnati, Università di Pisa
Date, Time 4 May 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract In 1934, in what he thought to be a proof of the Poincaré Conjecture, the american mathematician J.H.C. Whitehead claimed that an open contractible 3-manifold has to be homeomorphic to R3. In 1935 Whitehead corrected his claim and discovered the first known example of contractible open 3-manifold not homeomorphic to the Euclidean space, which now carries his name. It turned out that there are plenty of open 3 manifolds with this property (in fact, continuum infinitely many of them). In 1982, Gromov introduced an invariant of manifolds called simplicial volume. In this seminar we will define this invariant, show some of its basic properties, and explore the wild world of contractible 3-manifolds. In the end, we will see how the simplicial volume can distinguish R3 from the other contractible 3-manifolds.
Contractible 3-manifolds and simplicial volumeread_more
HG G 19.1
11 May 2023
14:30-15:30 		Fernando Camacho Cadena
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Deforming geometric structures through Hamiltonian flows
Speaker, Affiliation Fernando Camacho Cadena, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Date, Time 11 May 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract Intuitively, a geometric structure on a manifold is a way to locally model it on a specific geometry. A rich class of examples are hyperbolic and convex projective structures on surfaces. It turns out that these geometric structures can be deformed. Moreover, spaces parameterizing such geometric structures (some of which are (higher) Teichmüller spaces) also carry a natural symplectic form. With this tool at hand, it is possible to study deformations through Hamiltonian flows. The goal of this talk is to explain how to deform hyperbolic structures by “twisting and earthquaking”, their generalizations to convex projective structures, and finally how they can be interpreted as Hamiltonian flows. If time permits, I will briefly explain the more recent work of Wienhard-Zhang on eruption flows, which are newly discovered types of deformations.
Deforming geometric structures through Hamiltonian flowsread_more
HG G 19.1
25 May 2023
14:30-15:30 		Younghan Bae
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Geometry Graduate Colloquium

Title Moduli spaces of algebraic curves and line bundles
Speaker, Affiliation Younghan Bae, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date, Time 25 May 2023, 14:30-15:30
Location HG G 19.1
Abstract Let C be a Riemann surface of genus g and let p1, ..., pn be n distinct points on C. For an n-tuple of integers (a1, ..., an) which sum up to zero, one can ask when the holomorphic line bundle OC(a1.p1 + ... + an.pn) is trivial. The complete answer to this question was given by Abel in 19th century. Now one can ask a similar question over the moduli space of marked Riemann surfaces or its Deligne-Mumford compactification. How can we compactify this locus and can we compute the homology class of this locus systematically? We will see a quantitative answer to this question and its generalisation.
Moduli spaces of algebraic curves and line bundlesread_more
HG G 19.1

Organisers: Konstantin Andritsch, Raphael Appenzeller, Francesco Fournier Facio, Martina Joergensen, Lauro Silini, Paula Truöl

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