RAP "SPACES OF NON-POSITIVE CURVATURE"
Based on the book "Metric Spaces of non-positive curvature"
by M.Bridson and A.Hefliger.
FALL 2002
Organizers in the FALL of 2002 are:
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Ilya Kapovich kapovich@math.uiuc.edu
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Stephanie Alexander sba@math.uiuc.edu
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Paul Scupp schupp@math.uiuc.edu
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Richard Bishop bishop@math.uiuc.edu
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Kim Whittlsey kwhittle@math.uiuc.edu
Time and Place: Tuesdays, 3pm, Altgeld Hall 347
This term I hold "official" RAP office hours:
Tuesdays, Thursdays
10-11:30am, Illini Hall, Room 328
Appointments at other times are possible!! Call or
e-mail me to set an appointment.
Office phone number: (217)265-0633
E-mail: kapovich@math.uiuc.edu
WWW: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~kapovich
Spring
2002 RAP "Spaces of non-positive curvature" page
Fall
2001 RAP "Spaces of non-positive curvature" page
Spring 2001 RAP "Sapaces of non-positive
curvature" page
News
We will have at least two outside speakers this semester
who will give talks on CAT(0) related topics either in the RAP or in the
Group Theory seminar (Thursdays, 1pm):
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Lisa Carbone (Rutgers University), Tuesday, September 24
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Marius Dadarlat (Purdue University); Thursday, November 21
Schedule
of talks:
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September 3, Organizational meeting
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September 10, Ilya Kapovich, Symmetric Spaces and CAT(0)-geometry
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September 17, Ilya Kapovich, Symmetric Spaces and
CAT(0)-geometry, II
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September 24, Lisa Carbone, Tree Lattices
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October 1: no meeting this week due to the Math Department
reception in honor of new postdocs. Please attend the reception!
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October 8, David Berg, Flats in P(n,R)
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October 15, David Berg, Flats in P(n,R), II
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October 22, Jeremy Wong, The Tits boundary of P(n,R)_1
and Weyl Chambers
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October 29, Jeremy Wong, The Tits boundary of P(n,R)_1
and Weyl Chambers, II
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November 5, Paul Schupp, Small Cancellation Theory and
Non-Positive Curvature
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November 12, Paul Schupp, Small Cancellation Theory and
Non-Positive Curvature, II
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November 19, Paul Schupp, Small Cancellation Theory and
Non-Positive Curvature, III
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December 3, Paul Schupp, Small Cancellation Theory and
Non-Positive Curvature, IV
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