Instructor: Mladen Bestvina
Office: JWB 210
Office hours: TBD or by appointment
Meets: MWF 2-2:50 on zoom
This will be an introductory course in geometric group
theory. I will assume the material in qual classes (particularly
algebraic topology) but not much else (well, familiarity with
the hyperbolic plane). Tentatively I plan to cover the following
topics:
There may be some more advanced
topics at the end of the semester.
I will periodically assign homework, which will be optional.
Stallings seminar: All
students in the class are expected to participate in the
Stallings seminar and present a lecture related to the class.
Required
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