Topology Seminar: Maxime Bergeron
Topic
The topology of nilpotent representations in reductive groups and their maximal compact subgroups
Speakers
Details
I will discuss the topology of the space Hom(N,G) of homomorphisms from a finitely generated group N into a reductive complex linear algebraic group G (e.g. a special linear group). When K is a maximal compact subgroup of G (e.g. the subgroup of special unitary matrices), Hom(N,K) is a subspace of Hom(N,G). Although in general these topological spaces are quite different, I will show that when N is nilpotent there is a strong deformation retraction of Hom(N,G) onto Hom(N,K).
Additional Information
Location: ESB 4133
Maxime Bergeron (UBC)
Maxime Bergeron (UBC)
This is a Past Event
Event Type
Scientific, Seminar
Date
October 17, 2013
Time
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Location