Toeholds in Topology

Graduate Topology Seminar – Math 590T: Topics in Topology

Coordinators

Chris Dwyer and Marco Varisco

Schedule

Thursdays 11:15–12:15 in LN-1404

DateSpeakerTitle
2/12 Nate Reff Braids and homotopy groups
(after Berrick, Cohen, Wong, and Wu)
2/19 Lucas Sabalka An introduction to CAT(0) spaces and groups
4/16 Keith Jones
Matt Short

Spring 2009 theme: groups acting on trees

DateSpeakerTitle
2/26 Marco Varisco Overview and organization
3/05 Barry Minemyer Graphs and trees, part one
(sections 2.1 and 2.2)
3/12 Simon Joyce Graphs and trees, part two
(sections 2.2 and 2.3)
3/19 Matt Short Free groups and free actions, part one
(sections 3.1 and 3.2)
3/26 Chris Mauriello Free groups and free actions, part two
(sections 3.3 and 3.4, without appendix)
4/23 Amanda Taylor
Elizabeth Wilcox
Free products with amalgamation, part one
(section 4.1, plus background algebraic material)
4/30 Amanda Taylor
Elizabeth Wilcox
Free products with amalgamation, part two
(sections 4.2 and 4.3)

Main reference

Additional references


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