Topology Seminar: Lior Silberman

Topic

Retractions of representation varieties of nilpotent groups

Speakers

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Lior Silberman
Harvard University

Details

Consider the variety \Hom(\Gamma,G) where \Gamma is a finitely generated nilpotent group, and G a semisimple Lie group. I will discuss joint work with Juan Souto on homotopy retractions from this variety to the representation variety in K, a maximal compact subgroup of G.

Additional Information

Location: ESB 4127
Lior Silberman, UBC
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Event Type
Scientific, Seminar
Date
January 30, 2013
Time
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Location
University of British Columbia