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The space of straight triangulations of a surface

Ponente: Peter Scott
Institución: University of Michigan
Tipo de Evento: Researcher

When Nov 03, 2015
from 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM
Where Salón 1 de seminarios
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This is joint work with Joel Hass. We consider the space of straight triangulations of a compact surface, and show that in most cases, the components of this space are contractible. I will start by explaining the meaning of "straight triangulation", and will also discuss some of the long history of such problems. Then I will sketch how we prove contractibility.