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Topology Seminar - Ryan Spitler

Topology Seminar
November 15, 2018
1:50PM - 2:50PM
Enarson Classroom 240

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Add to Calendar 2018-11-15 13:50:00 2018-11-15 14:50:00 Topology Seminar - Ryan Spitler Title: Profinite Completions and Representations of Groups Speaker: Ryan Spitler (Purdue University) Abstract: The profinite completion of a group encodes all of the information of the finite quotients of that group. A group is called profinitely rigid if it is determined up to isomorphism by its profinite completion. I will discuss some ways that the profinite completion can be used to understand linear representations of a group and applications to questions related to profinite rigidity. In particular, I will explain the role this plays in forthcoming work with Bridson, McReynolds, and Reid which establishes the profinite rigidity of the fundamental groups of certain hyperbolic 3-manifolds and orbifolds. Enarson Classroom 240 Department of Mathematics math@osu.edu America/New_York public

Title: Profinite Completions and Representations of Groups

Speaker: Ryan Spitler (Purdue University)

Abstract: The profinite completion of a group encodes all of the information of the finite quotients of that group. A group is called profinitely rigid if it is determined up to isomorphism by its profinite completion. I will discuss some ways that the profinite completion can be used to understand linear representations of a group and applications to questions related to profinite rigidity. In particular, I will explain the role this plays in forthcoming work with Bridson, McReynolds, and Reid which establishes the profinite rigidity of the fundamental groups of certain hyperbolic 3-manifolds and orbifolds.

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