This talk will provide an introduction to Gromov's simplicial volume: what it is, why it is interesting and why we should are. In particular, simplicial volume provides a way to see whether a manifold can admit a hyperbolic metric, as well as a very short proof of Mostow rigidity.
Graduate Student Geometry-Topology Seminar
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - 12:00pm
Alina Badus
University of Pennsylvania