| Speaker: | Kentaro Nagao (Nagoya University) |
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| Title: | Hyperbolic 3-manifolds and Cluster Algebras |
| Date (JST): | Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 14:00 - 17:00 |
| Place: | Seminar Room A |
| Abstract: |
Cluster algebras were invented by Fomin-Zelevinsky in their study of dual canonical bases and total positivity in semi-simple groups, and independently by Fock-Goncharov in their study of higher Teichm\"{u}ller theory. It has been discovered that the theory of cluster algebras has many links with a wide range of mathematics. In this seminar I will show a NEW appearance of cluster algebras, which was found in a joint work with Yuji Terashima and Masahito Yamazaki. It is in explicit constructions of hyperbolic structures on the mapping tori of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes of punctured surfaces where we found cluster algebras. In the first part, I will explain the background of the discovery. The second part will be devoted to the exhibition of the main result as well as reviews of Teichm\"{u}ller theory and hyperbolic geometry. |
| Remarks: | Break 15:00-15:30 |
