Geometry-Topology Seminar Schedule

Location: Math 1313
Time: 3:00 PM
Day: Monday
Organizer: Karin Melnick, Richard Wentworth (fall), Christian Zickert (spring)

Current Schedule

September 12:	Homotopy groups, loop space homology, free loop spaces and counting closed geodesics
	Stephen Halperin (University of Maryland, College Park)
September 19:	The first Betti number of a compact hyperbolic n manifold
	John Millson (University of Maryland, College Park)
September 26:	Parametrizing representations of 3-manifold groups
	Christian Zickert (UMCP)
October 3:	Parametrizing representations of 3-manifold groups
	Christian Zickert (UMCP)
October 10:	Cluster algebras from surfaces II: Expansion formulas and bases (preceded by a talk in algebra-number theory seminar)
	Ralf Schiffler (University of Connecticut)
October 17:	An axiomatic characterization of holomorphic higher analytic torsion forms
	Gerard Freixas (CNRS/Université Paris Jussieu )
October 20:	What is a spherical building? in student geometry seminar
	Bernhard Leeb (University of Munich)
October 24:	Rigidity and enveloping discrete groups by locally compact groups
	Tullia Dymarz (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
October 31:	Gluing determinants of Laplacians
	Richard Wentworth (UMCP)
November 7:	Large genus asymptotics of intersection numbers on moduli spaces of algebraic curves
	Peter Zograf (Steklov Mathematical Institute and the Simons Institute)
November 14:	Quasi-isometric classification of 3-manifold groups
	Jason Behrstock (City University of New York)
November 21:	Character Varieties of surfaces as completely integrable systems
	Adam Sikora (SUNY-Buffalo)
November 28:	Hyperbolic cone-manifolds with prescribed holonomy NOTE TIME: 4-5pm
	Daniel Mathews (Boston College)
December 1:	Approximating Hamiltonian systems by integrable systems using pseudo-holomorphic curves joint with dynamical systems takes place 3:30 in room 1311
	Barney Bramham (Institute for Advanced Study)
December 5:	The smallest Haken hyperbolic polyhedra
	Shawn Rafalski (Fairfield University)
December 12:	Topological essential dimension of coverings and Klein's resolvent problem algebra-number theory seminar takes place 2:00 in room 1311
	Yuri Burda (University of Toronto)
December 12:	No geometry-topology seminar at 3PM
January 12:	Einstein metrics on Kähler manifolds note special day (Th), room (3206), and time (2PM)
	Yanir Rubinstein (Stanford University)
January 30:	Principal Congruence Links (part 1/2)
	Matthias Goerner (UMCP)
February 6:	Principal congruence links (2/2)
	Matthias Goerner (UMCP)
February 13:	Typical behavior of non-orientable measured foliations on flat surfaces
	Rodrigo Trevino (UMCP)
February 20:	Infinitesimal deformations of nodal stable curves
	Scott Wolpert (UMCP)
March 26:	TBA
	Todd Drumm (Howard University)
April 16:	Recent progress on homogeneous Einstein metrics on generalized flag manifolds
	Andreas Arvanitoyeorgos (University of Patras - Greece), arvanito@math.upatras.gr
April 23:	TBA
	Boris Botvinnik (University of Oregon)

Old Seminar Schedules

• Academic Year 1998-1999
• Academic Year 1999-2000
• Academic Year 2001-2002
• Academic Year 2006-2007
• Academic Year 2007-2008
• Academic Year 2008-2009
• Academic Year 2009-2010
• Academic Year 2010-2011