Mapping class groups of surfaces
Event details
| Date | 26.02.2015 |
| Hour | 09:15 › 10:30 |
| Speaker | Nóra Szoke (EPFL) |
| Location |
CM 106
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
A mapping class group of a manifold M is the group of isotopy classes of automorphisms of M. In this talk, I will consider mapping class groups of oriented surfaces. We will see some examples, the fact that these groups are generated by Dehn twists and some other important results in the subject.
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Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Kathryn Hess