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Affine Buildings
Mathematical Physics SeminarSpeaker: | Misha Kapovich, UCDavis, Math.Dept |
Location: | 2112 MSB |
Start time: | Tue, Jan 17 2012, 4:10PM |
I will explain how to associate affine buildings to algebraic groups and symmetric spaces. In particular, I will explain how buildings appear in "anti-physics" which describes a universe which is smooth on small scale and chaotic on large scale, e.g., the hyperbolic plane.