Hyperbolic manifolds and their totally geodesic submanifolds

Tue Apr 5, 2022 4:15 p.m.—5:15 p.m.
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Seminar: 
Geometry & Topology

Event time: 
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 4:15pm

Location: 
https://yale.zoom.us/j/94256436597

Speaker: 
Michelle Chu

Speaker affiliation: 
University of Illinois at Chicago

Event description: 
The study of totally geodesic submanifolds has played an important role in our understanding of hyperbolic surfaces and 3-manifolds. In this talk we will discuss some of these developments as well as analogous questions in higher dimensions.

Research area(s): 
Topology and Dynamics

Special note: 
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