Geometry of Groups and Moduli Spaces (2)

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The moduli space of Riemann surfaces and the moduli space of graphs, as well as their associated modular groups such as the mapping class groups of surfaces and the automorphism groups of free groups, are among the most important research subjects of diverse branches of mathematics including algebraic geometry, complex analysis, differential geometry, topology and mathematical physics. The present project investigated these moduli spaces and modular groups, mainly form the point of view of topology, and obtained many interesting results. Furthermore, we obtained new results as well as conjectures in the closely related theories of 3 and 4 dimensional manifolds and transversely symplectic foliations. We also proposed a deep problem towards new directions of our research including number theory.