Event time:
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 4:15pm
Location:
DL 431
Speaker:
Viveka Erlandsson
Speaker affiliation:
University of Bristol
Event description:
Mirzakhani proved two theorems about the asymptotic growth of the number of curves in a mapping class group orbit on a surface: one for simple curves and another for general curves. In this talk I will explain how to derive her second theorem from the one about simple curves. Time permitting, I will explain why similar methods can be used to also give a proof for the theorem about simple curves, hence giving a new (and very different) proof of both theorems.
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