Geometric Representation Theory

Event Information Tropicalization of Higher Teichmuller Spaces
15:10 on Thursday January 12, 2017
16:30 on Thursday January 12, 2017
Stewart Library, Fields Institute, 222 College St.
Ian Le

Perimeter Institute

Fock and Goncharov showed that positive geometry can be a powerful tool for studying higher Teichmuller spaces. One consequence of the positive geometry of higher Teichmuller space is that one can tropicalize higher Teichmuller space to get an analog of measured laminations that one could call higher laminations. I will explain how to realize higher laminations via configurations in the affine building. I will also explain how tropical geometry reflects the piecewise-linear metric geometry of the affine building. I will focus on the case of higher Teichmuller spaces for $SL_n$/$PGL_n$.