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Spring Semester 2009

Date / Time Speaker Title Location
4 March 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. Shahar Mozes
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title On word metric and (no) cut points for asymptotic cones of higher rank lattices
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Shahar Mozes, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Date, Time 4 March 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
On word metric and (no) cut points for asymptotic cones of higher rank lattices
HG G 43
11 March 2009
15:45-17:15
Tobias Hartnick
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Bi-invariant partial orders as a source of quasimorphisms
Speaker, Affiliation Tobias Hartnick, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date, Time 11 March 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Bi-invariant partial orders as a source of quasimorphisms
HG G 43
18 March 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. Valentino Magnani
Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Characterization of sub-Riemannian Lipschitz continuity and some applications
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Valentino Magnani, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa
Date, Time 18 March 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Characterization of sub-Riemannian Lipschitz continuity and some applications
HG G 43
25 March 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. Hee Oh
Mathematics Department, Brown University, USA
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Horocycle flows on geometrically finite Hyperbolic surfaces
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Hee Oh, Mathematics Department, Brown University, USA
Date, Time 25 March 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Horocycle flows on geometrically finite Hyperbolic surfaces
HG G 43
1 April 2009
15:45-17:15
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title no seminar
Speaker, Affiliation
Date, Time 1 April 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
no seminar
HG G 43
8 April 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. Danny Calegari
Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Special lecture: Scl, sails and surgery
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Danny Calegari, Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA
Date, Time 8 April 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Assets Abstractfile_download
Special lecture: Scl, sails and surgeryread_more
HG G 43
15 April 2009
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Easter Holiday
Speaker, Affiliation
Date, Time 15 April 2009,
Location
Easter Holiday
22 April 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. Danny Calegari
Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Special lecture: Faces of the scl norm ball
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Danny Calegari, Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA
Date, Time 22 April 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Assets Abstractfile_download
Special lecture: Faces of the scl norm ballread_more
HG G 43
* 29 April 2009
15:15-16:45
Prof. Dr. Marc Burger
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Groups acting on the circle, old and new
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Marc Burger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date, Time 29 April 2009, 15:15-16:45
Location HG G 43
Groups acting on the circle, old and new
HG G 43
6 May 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. Alexander Dranishnikov
Mathematics Department, University of Florida
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Scalar curvature and macroscopic dimension
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Alexander Dranishnikov, Mathematics Department, University of Florida
Date, Time 6 May 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Scalar curvature and macroscopic dimension
HG G 43
13 May 2009
15:45-17:15
Olivier Siegenthaler
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title The congruence subgroup problem for branch groups
Speaker, Affiliation Olivier Siegenthaler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date, Time 13 May 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
The congruence subgroup problem for branch groups
HG G 43
20 May 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Picaud
Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Université de Toure, France
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Growth of Kleinian groups: the case of quotients
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Picaud, Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Université de Toure, France
Date, Time 20 May 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Assets Abstractfile_download
Growth of Kleinian groups: the case of quotientsread_more
HG G 43
27 May 2009
15:45-17:15
Christian Graf
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Slalom knots and their invariants
Speaker, Affiliation Christian Graf, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date, Time 27 May 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Slalom knots and their invariants
HG G 43
1 June 2009
15:45-17:15
Prof. Dr. John Wilson
Mathematical Institute, University College, Oxford
Event Details

Geometry Seminar

Title Special lecture: Free subgroups in groups with few relators
Speaker, Affiliation Prof. Dr. John Wilson, Mathematical Institute, University College, Oxford
Date, Time 1 June 2009, 15:45-17:15
Location HG G 43
Special lecture: Free subgroups in groups with few relators
HG G 43

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