Institute for Mathematical Sciences Event Archive
Conference on Geometry, Topology and Dynamics
of Character Varieties
( 10 - 14 Aug 2010 )
Co-sponsored by Global COE (Center of Excellence) of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Compview
and the National Science Foundation (USA)
Venue: IMS Auditorium
Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Sponsor · Poster · Activities · Inquiries · Student/Recent PhD Financial Application Form
Tuesday,
10 Aug 2010 |
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09:30am - 09:50am |
Registration |
09:50am - 10:00am |
Opening remarks Chi Tat Chong, National University of Singapore |
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Chair: Ser Peow Tan, National University of Singapore |
10:00am - 11:00am |
3-dimensional affine space forms and hyperbolic geometry (PDF) William Goldman, University of Maryland, USA |
11:00am - 11:30am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
11:30am - 01:30pm |
--- Lunch Break --- |
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Chair: Caroline Series, University of Warwick, UK |
01:30pm - 02:30pm |
Polynomial pick forms for affine spheres Mike Wolf, Rice University, USA |
02:30pm - 03:00pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:00pm - 04:00pm |
An algebra of observables for cross ratios (PDF) Francois Labourie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France |
04:00pm - 05:00pm |
Welcome reception |
Wednesday,
11 Aug 2010 |
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09:30am - 10:00am |
Registration |
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Chair: William Goldman, University of Maryland, USA |
10:00am - 11:00am |
Ending laminations for Weil-Petersson geodesics Jeff Brock, Brown University, USA |
11:00am - 11:30am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
11:30am - 01:30pm |
--- Lunch Break --- |
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Chair: Mike Wolf, Rice University, USA |
01:30pm - 02:30pm |
The Smale conjecture for Seifert fibered spaces with hyperbolic base orbifold Teruhiko Soma, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan |
02:30pm - 03:00pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:00pm - 04:00pm |
Mapping class group, Cremona group and Hyperbolic geometry Serge Cantat, University de Rennes I, France |
05:30pm |
Transport leaving IMS to Tung Lok Seafood |
06:30pm |
Conference Dinner |
09:30pm |
Transport leaving Tung Lok Seafood to Elizabeth Hotel |
Thursday,
12 Aug 2010 |
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09:15am - 09:30am |
Registration |
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Chair: Jeff Brock, Brown University, USA |
09:30am - 10:30am |
Understanding Weil-Petersson curvature (PDF) Scott Wolpert, University of Maryland, USA |
10:30am - 11:00am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
11:00am - 12:00nn |
On discreteness of commensurators (PDF) Mahan Mj, RKM Vivekananda University, India |
12:00nn - 02:00pm |
--- Lunch Break --- |
Friday,
13 Aug 2010 |
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09:15am - 09:30am |
Registration |
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Chair: Scott Wolpert, University of Maryland, USA |
09:30am - 10:30am |
Character varieties and Morse theory (PDF) Richard Wentworth, University of Maryland, USA |
10:30am - 11:00am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
11:00am - 12:00nn |
Surface groups, 3-manifold groups and SL_3 Alan Reid, University of Texas, Austin, USA |
12:00nn - 02:00pm |
--- Lunch Break --- (lunch at IMS) |
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Chair: Francois Labourie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France |
02:00pm - 03:00pm |
A variation of McShane's identity for 2-bridge links (PDF) Makoto Sakuma, Hiroshima University, Japan |
03:00pm - 03:30pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:30pm - 04:30pm |
Mappings of finite distortion and Teichmuller spaces Gaven Martin, Massey University, New Zealand |
Saturday,
14 Aug 2010 |
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09:15am - 09:30am |
Registration |
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Chair: Richard Wentworth, University of Maryland, USA |
09:30am - 10:30am |
Margulis numbers of hyperbolic 3-manifolds (PDF) Peter Shalen, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
10:30am - 11:00am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
11:00am - 12:00nn |
Graph manifolds have virtually positive Seifert volume Shicheng Wang, Beijing University, China |
12:00nn - 02:00pm |
--- Lunch Break --- |
Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Sponsor · Poster · Activities · Inquiries · Student/Recent PhD Financial Application Form
