Geometry & Topology

Event Information Hyperbolic surfaces with long systoles
12:10 on Monday March 26, 2018
13:00 on Monday March 26, 2018
HU1018, 215 Huron St.
Bram Petri

University of Bonn

The length of the shortest non-contractible curve - the systole - of a closed hyperbolic surface is at most logarithmic in the genus of the surface. In this talk I will speak about constructions of hyperbolic surfaces with systoles of logarithmic length and discuss their properties.