The Other Geometries
Speaker:
Steve Kerckhoff, Stanford University
Date and Time:
Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
This will be a discussion of some of the other geometries in dimension 3 (connecting them to hyperbolic geometry, of course!). The point will be to view them in the context of projective geometry where the transition between geometries becomes seamless. Applications to deformation theory, local rigidity, and the orbifold theorem.