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What is quasi-isometric rigidity
Student-Run Geometry/Topology| Speaker: | Misha Kapovich, UC Davis |
| Location: | 1147 MSB |
| Start time: | Tue, Feb 15 2011, 12:10PM |
Description
Quasi-isometries are natural morphisms in the context of
geometric group theory. In the talk I will
explain what quasi-isometries are, how they appear and give some
examples of spaces and groups which
are and which are not "quasi-isometrically rigid."