North British Geometric Group Theory Seminar

The speakers are Jacques Darné (Université de Louvain-la-Neuve), Ramanujan Santharoubane (Université d'Orsay), Nathan Broaddus (Ohio State University).

We will hold this through zoom. Please contact Tara Brendle (tara.brendle_at_glasgow.ac.uk) or Arthur Soulié (arthur.soulie_at_glasgow.uk) if you have any queries about this. Zoom details are below.

In case it helps anyone, we can reimburse additional caring expenses incurred as a result of participation in NBGGT if a receipt is provided (although we realise that under current government regulations caring options are now rather limited for many people). If you would like to know more details, please don't hesitate to contact Sarah Rees (sarah.rees_at_newcastle.ac.uk).

Schedule:

• 13:00: zoom link opens

• 13:30-14:30: Jacques Darné - Filtrations on the Mapping Class Group of the punctured sphere. Abstract. Video. Slides.

• 14:45-15:45: Ramanujan Santharoubane - Applications of quantum representations of mapping class groups. Abstract. Video.

• 15:45-16:15: Tea break

• 16:15-17:15: Nathan Broaddus - The mapping class group of the connect sums of S^2 x S^1. Abstract. Video. Slides.

• 17:15 onwards: Social time on gather.

Zoom details:

The following link and the meeting ID both require a password. Please feel free to distribute these in whatever way you would like.

• Meeting ID: 937 7502 4700

• Password: 00XXXX, where XXXX is the year Arthur Cayley was born.

Organisers: Tara Brendle (tara.brendle_at_glasgow.ac.uk) and Arthur Soulié (arthur.soulie_at_glasgow.uk).

The meeting is funded by grants from the London Mathematical Society, the Glasgow Mathematical Journal Learning and Research Support Fund, and the University of Newcastle, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.