Mini-course 5: Thin groups as monodromy groups, Part I
Presenter
February 8, 2012
Keywords:
- thin groups
- expander graph
- group theory
- monodromy group
- algebraic curves
- algebraic covering spaces
MSC:
- 43A46
- 43A05
- 43A07
- 43Axx
- 43-xx
- 20-xx
- 14H30
- 14H37
- 14H10
- 14Hxx
Abstract
We discuss various algebro-geometric contexts in which thin groups appear as monodromy groups attached to families of varieties over curves.