EVENT DETAILS AND ABSTRACT


Geometry/Physics Seminar

Title: Finiteness properties of subgroups of automorphism groups of free groups
Speaker: Alexandra Pettet
Speaker Info: University of Chicago
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IA_n is the subgroup of Aut(F_n) which acts trivially on the homology of the free group and is thus an analogue for the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group of a surface. We implement different methods of studying finiteness properties and cohomology of IA_n and its subgroups.
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006
Time: 4:00pm
Where: Lunt 107
Contact Person: Prof. Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu
Contact email: ccliu@math.northwestern.edu
Contact Phone: 847-467-1874
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