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Surface subgroups of graphs of free groups.

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  • UserHenry Wilton, Cambridge
  • ClockWednesday 30 November 2016, 16:00-17:00
  • HouseMR13.

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A well known question, usually attributed to Gromov, asks whether every hyperbolic group is either virtually free or contains a surface subgroup. I’ll discuss some recent progress on this problem for a the class of groups in the title.

This talk is part of the Differential Geometry and Topology Seminar series.

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