The geometry of outer space: investigated through its analogy with Teichmuller space

外层空间几何学特别节目将由艾克斯·马赛大学主办。它将包括2013年6月24日至29日的暑期班和入门研讨会，以及2013年7月1日至28日的研究计划。暑期班将包括四个系列讲座，以及几个研究讲座。研究计划将包括每周至少五次的研讨会和讨论小组。人们通常可以通过将抽象群体视为几何对象的保距离函数组来更好地理解它，例如晶体的对称性组。我们将重点介绍两个特定的例子。我们将集中讨论曲面的TeichMuller空间的几何如何用于研究其映射类组。类似地，我们将探索利用外层空间的自由群来研究它的外自同构群。为了做到这一点，我们将汇集世界上许多在泰希穆勒理论和自由群的外自同构群中的专家。更多详细信息请访问http://www.latp.univ-mrs.fr/~catherine.pfaff/GOS.html

The special program on the Geometry of Outer space will be hosted by the Aix Marseille Universite. It will include a summer school and introductory workshop June 24-29, 2013 and a research program July 1-28, 2013. The summer school will include four lecture series, as well as several research talks. The research program will include a minimum of five weekly seminars, as well as discussion groups.One can often better understand an abstract group by viewing it as the group of distance-preserving functions of a geometric object, such as the group of symmetries of a crystal. We will focus on two particular examples. We will focus on how the geometry of a surface's Teichmuller space has been used to study its mapping class group. And, in analogy, we will explore using the Outer space for a free group to study its outer automorphism group. To do this we will bring together many of the world's experts in both Teichmuller theory and in outer automorphism groups of free groups.More details can be seen at http://www.latp.univ-mrs.fr/~catherine.pfaff/GOS.html