RNMS: Geometric Structures and Representation Varieties

几何结构和表示品种（齿轮）这个奖项支持在数学科学的研究网络。 几何结构和表示多样性（GEAR）网络包括具有不同领域背景的数学家，如经典Teichmüller理论，李群的离散子群，3-流形拓扑，调和映射，动力学和希格斯包和规范理论的模空间。近年来，这些领域的研究人员已经集中在流形上的局部齐次结构和模空间上的共同问题上。一个领域的新技术和工具导致了另一个领域的进步，而截然不同的观点突出了新的问题。GEAR网络的目标是促进思想从一个领域到另一个领域的交叉授粉，建立一个超越当前分歧的研究社区，培养学生和研究人员跨越传统界限，并通过这些手段推进网络目标的数学。该网络的主要项目包括不同地点的研究人员之间的访问和交流，旨在弥合目标子专业之间的差距或解决具体问题的重点会议和研讨会，全网络务虚会，以帮助建立一个共同的研究社区，研究生实习和夏季研究经验，以及网络网络活动。该网络的节点分布在美国、加拿大和欧洲的46个地点，覆盖范围广泛的机构，包括几个研究资源水平历史性较低的机构。这些节点分布在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校、马里兰州大学和斯坦福大学的中心枢纽周围，主要枢纽位于厄巴纳-香槟分校。GEAR Research Network主页：http://www.gear.math.illinois.edu

GEometric structures And Representation varieties (GEAR)This award supports a Research Network in the Mathematical Sciences. The GEometric structures And Representation varieties (GEAR) network encompasses mathematicians with backgrounds in diverse areas such as classical Teichmüller theory, discrete subgroups of Lie groups, 3- manifold topology, harmonic maps, dynamics, and moduli spaces of Higgs bundles and gauge theory. In recent years researchers in these areas have converged on common problems clustered around locally homogeneous structures on manifolds and moduli spaces of representations of finitely generated groups. New techniques and tools in one area have led to advances in another, and the contrasting points of view have highlighted new questions. The goals of the GEAR network are to spur cross-pollination of ideas from one area to another, to build a research community transcending current divisions, to train students and researchers to cross traditional boundaries, and by these means to advance the mathematics targeted by the network. The main programs of the network include visits and exchanges among researchers at different locations, focused meetings and workshops designed to bridge gaps between targeted subspecialties or to address specific problems, network-wide retreats to help forge a common research community, graduate student internships and summer research experiences, and cyber-networking activities. Spread over 46 locations in the US, Canada and Europe, the nodes of the network cover a wide range of institutions, including several with historically low levels of resources for research. The nodes are arranged around central hubs at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The University of Maryland, and Stanford University, with the lead hub in Urbana-Champaign.GEAR Research Network home page: http://www.gear.math.illinois.edu