“Playing the Novikov game and epilogue”

Seminar

Speaker

"Prof. Shmuel Weinberger, "University of Chicago

Date

19/11/2017 - 13:30 - 12:00Add to Calendar 2017-11-19 12:00:00 2017-11-19 13:30:00 “Playing the Novikov game and epilogue” Special Lecture Series on “Variations on a Theme of Borel” - 3rd Lecture Over 60 years ago, Borel, on the basis of theorems of Mostow, conjectured a topological rigidity statement that has become central to topology. During these lectures, I will use his heuristic to suggest other statements, some true, some false, and some conjectural. Overall, this area is devoted to a profound influence that the fundamental group has on topology and geometry. Mathematics Bldg. 216, 2nd Floor Colloquium Rm. 201, 12:00 noon אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - Department of Mathematics mathoffice@math.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public

Place

Mathematics Bldg. 216, 2nd Floor Colloquium Rm. 201, 12:00 noon

Abstract

Special Lecture Series on “Variations on a Theme of Borel” - 3rd Lecture

Over 60 years ago, Borel, on the basis of theorems of Mostow, conjectured a topological rigidity statement that has become central to topology. During these lectures, I will use his heuristic to suggest other statements, some true, some false, and some conjectural. Overall, this area is devoted to a profound influence that the fundamental group has on topology and geometry.