Dynamics on geodesic currents and applications to Out(FN)

Seminar: 
Geometry & Topology
Event time: 
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 4:15pm
Location: 
DL 431
Speaker: 
Caglar Uyanik
Speaker affiliation: 
Yale
Event description: 

 I will talk about the long standing analogy between the mapping class groups and Out(FN), and describe a Nielsen-Thurston type approach to study subgroups structure of Out(FN) from a dynamical viewpoint. This is joint work with Matt Clay. 

Research Area(s): 
Topology & Dynamics