How can it be true? | Department of Mathematics

Seminar

Speaker

Prof. Shmuel Weinberger (University of Chicago)

Date

19/11/2017 - 13:00 - 12:00Add to Calendar 2017-11-19 12:00:00 2017-11-19 13:00:00 How can it be true? 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. Math. Building, 2nd floor Colloquium Room אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - Department of Mathematics mathoffice@math.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public

Place

Math. Building, 2nd floor Colloquium Room

Abstract

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.