Topics in Topology
Fall 2012


Course Information

Topics in Topology: Introduction to metric spaces of non-positive curvature.


Time: Tue, Thu
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Classroom:
25-109

Instructor: Seonhee Lim  email
Office: building 27, room 212
Office Hours: Tue Thu 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. and by appointment
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References:

l  Metric spaces of non-positive curvature, M. Bridson & A. Haeflinger

l  Trees, J.P. Serre

l  Ergodic theory of discrete groups, P. Nicholls


Possible topics for the presentations


(1) Compact hyperbolic surfaces

(2) Conformal dimension and hyyperbolic spaces

(3) Volume entropy rigidity

(4) Quasi-isometry rigidity of negatively curved spaces

(5) Dehn functions and CAT(0) groups

(6) Tits alternative for hyperbolic groups and CAT(0) groups

(7) Length Spectrum Rigidity


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