Event Detail

Event Type: 
Graduate Student Summer Seminar
Date/Time: 
Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location: 
KIDD 238

Speaker Info

Local Speaker: 
Mesa Walker
Abstract: 

Title: A Brief Introduction to Translation Surfaces

Abstract: This talk aims to introduce the concept of translation surface, and provide two alternate definitions of a translation surface using polygonal presentations and coordinate charts. We will also introduce liftings of translation structures, and introduce the developing map.

Host: 
William A. Bogley