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Mapping class groups and Out(F_n)

Presenter
August 22, 2016
Keywords:
  • geometric group theory
  • automorphism groups
  • horocycles
  • group actions
  • mapping class group
  • free groups
  • SL_2(Z)
  • Teichmuller theory
MSC:
  • 20F65
  • 20F67
  • 30F60
  • 30F45
  • 30F35
  • 30Fxx
  • 20Fxx
  • 20-xx
Abstract
I am planning to briefly describe these two classes of groups, their most important properties, and spaces on which they act. I will try to explain how these different spaces fit together in a form of a dictionary relating the two theories. I will finish by listing some of the outstanding problems in the two subjects.
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