On the Weil-Petersson gradient flow of renormalized volume on a Bers slice

Seminar: 
Geometry & Topology
Event time: 
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 4:15pm
Location: 
LOM 214
Speaker: 
Franco Vargas Pallete
Speaker affiliation: 
Yale University
Event description: 

We show that the flow on a Bers slice given by the Weil-Petersson gradient vector field of renormalized volume is globally attracting to its fuchsian basepoint. This is based on joint work with Martin Bridgeman and Ken Bromberg.

Special note: 
Seminar talk is supported in part by the Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Fund.