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Non-positive Curvature

Time

Oct 23 2012 - 4:10pm - 5:10 pm

Location

CH 228

Speaker

Jean Lafont (OSU)

Abstract

I will give a brief introduction to non-positive (and negative) curvature. Related metric notions will also be discussed: Gromov hyperbolicity, CAT(0) spaces and groups. I will also try to indicate some applications of these notions in various areas of mathematics.

Notes

This lecture is part of Invitation to Mathematics.
Pre-candidacy students can sign up for this lecture series by registering for one credit hour of Math 6193, Call/Class # 27995 (with Prof H. Moscovici).
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