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Sofia Kovalevskaya Lecture Speaker April 5th 2018, 4:30 pm, Room H6 Prof. Dr. Alessandra Iozzi (ETH Zürich) Title: HIGHER TEICHMÜLLER THEORY AND GEODESIC CURRENTS Abstract: We start by recalling features of classical Teichmüller space of a topological surface. We explain the notion of "higher Teichmüller" by introducing the notion of maximal representations and of Hitchin component and we see how some of the classical features, such as the Thurston compactification, generalize to the "higher Teichmüller" setting. In the process we explain a structure theorem for geodesic currents. This is joint work with M. Burger, A. Parreau and B. Pozzetti. Fakultät für Mathematik Jury Barbara Baumeister (Bielefeld University) Bettina Eick (TU Braunschweig) Barbara Gentz (Bielefeld University)
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Sofia Kovalevskaya Lecture
Speaker
April 5th 2018, 4:30 pm,Room H6
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Iozzi(ETH Zürich)
Title:HIGHER TEICHMÜLLER THEORY ANDGEODESIC CURRENTS
Abstract:We start by recalling features of classicalTeichmüller space of a topological surface. Weexplain the notion of "higher Teichmüller" byintroducing the notion of maximalrepresentations and of Hitchin component andwe see how some of the classical features, suchas the Thurston compactification, generalize tothe "higher Teichmüller" setting.In the process we explain a structure theoremfor geodesic currents. This is joint work with M.Burger, A. Parreau and B. Pozzetti.
Fakultät fürMathematik
Jury
Barbara Baumeister (Bielefeld University)
Bettina Eick (TU Braunschweig)
Barbara Gentz (Bielefeld University)
