YMSC Topology Seminar | The earthquake metric

Time：Mon.,16:00-17:00, March 11

Venue：C654, Shuangqing Complex Building A 清华大学双清综合楼A座C654 Online: Zoom meeting ID: 405 416 0815 Pw: 111111

Organizer：陈伟彦、高鸿灏、黄意、林剑锋

Speaker：Yi Huang 黄意 (YMSC)

Abstract:

we (try to) give a friendly guide for shearing between hyperbolic surfaces in as ``efficient" a manner as possible. On the way, we'll see Teichmueller spaces, Thurston's earthquake theorem, and a novel metric on Teichmueller space called the earthquake metric which has surprising connections to both the Thurston metric and the Weil-Petersson metric. This is work in collaboration with K. Ohshika, H. Pan and A. Papadopoulos.

DATEMarch 11, 2024

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