Harmonic functions and finite generation of fundamental groups
Presenter
November 3, 2011
Keywords:
- Shiing-Shen Chern
- differential geometry
- harmonic maps
- geometric group theory
- actions on manifolds
- geometric analysis
- doubling metrics
MSC:
- 53-xx
- 53C23
- 53C24
- 53C43
- 53C44
- 53Cxx
- 20F65
- 20F69
- 20Fxx
Abstract
I will talk about joint work with Bruce Kleiner and Burkhard Wilking about discrete isometric actions on G x X ---> X, and the interplay between the structure of manifolds X, finite generation of the group G, and harmonic functions..