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Some applications of the method of "gradient push"
Geometry/Topology| Speaker: | Anton Petrunin, Penn State University |
| Location: | 693 Kerr |
| Start time: | Wed, Nov 26 2003, 4:10PM |
I will describe what I mean by the "gradient push" and then I will discuss some of its applications. Here is a sample application: If $M$ is an almost non-negatively curved manifold, then $\pi_1(M)$ acts on $\pi_k(M,R)$ for $k\ge 2$ by transformations such that the absolute value of each eigenvalue is one.