Strasbourg Master Class on Geometry
By: Athanase Papadopoulos, editor, with contributions by N. A'Campo and A. Papadopoulos, F. Dal'Bo, F. Herrlich, Ph. Korablev and S. Matveev, G. Link, J. Marché, C. Petronio, V. Schroeder
Series: IRMA lectures in mathematics and theoretical physics
Publisher: European Mathematical Society Publishing House
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9783037191057
Subjects: Geometry
Description: This book contains carefully revised and expanded versions of eight courses that were presented at the University of Strasbourg, during two geometry master classes, in 2008 and 2009. The aim of the master classes was to give to fifth-year students and PhD students in mathematics the opportunity to learn new topics that lead directly to the current research in geometry and topology. The courses were held by leading experts. The subjects treated include hyperbolic geormetry, three-manifold topology, representation theory of fundamental groups of surfaces and of three-manifolds, dynamics on the hyperbolic plane with applications to number theory, Riemann surfaces, Teichmullër theory, Lie groups and asymptotic geometry.

The text is addressed to students and mathematicians who wish to learn the subject. It can also be used as a reference book and as a textbook for short courses on geometry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Notes on non-Euclidean geometry / Norbert A'Campo and Athanase Papadopoulos; title: Crossroads between hyperbolic geometry and number theory / Françoise Dal'Bo; title: Introduction to origamis in Teichmüller space / Frank Herrlich; title: Five lectures on 3-manifold topology / Philipp Korablev and Sergey Mateev; title: An introduction to globally symmetric spaces / Gabriele Link; title: Geometry of the representation spaces in SU(2) / Julien Marché; title: Algorithmic construction and recognition of hyperbolic 3-manifolds, links, and graphs / Carlo Petronio; title: An introduction to asymptotic geometry / Viktor Schroeder.