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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..