RTG Workshops/Lectures Date:  Saturday, March 30, 2013 Location:  B 844 (1:30 PM to 2:30 PM) Title:  Random Teichmüller geodesics Abstract:   I'll review some of the features and pathologies of geodesics in the Teichmüller metric, including the phenomena that are obstructions to hyperbolicity. Then I'll discuss recent work with Dowdall and Masur in which we work out properties enjoyed by generic geodesics, concluding that these obstructions are quantifiably rare, and Teichmüller space is in this sense "statistically hyperbolic." One key tool, devised by Eskin and Mirzakhani, shows that geodesics are well-modeled by random walks on a net of points. Speaker:  Moon Duchin Institution:  Tufts U Event Organizer:   Spatzier      Edit this event (login required). Add new event (login required). For access requests and instructions, contact math-webmaster@umich.edu Back to previous page Back to UM Math seminars/events page.