Group actions on compact spaces (Colloquium)

  • Date:

    10.01.2013

  • Speaker:

    Prof. Dr. Arthur Bartels

  • Actions of discrete groups on compact spaces have been important for recent progress on the Borel conjecture. In this talk I will review Borel's conjecture on the topological rigidity of aspherical manifolds and discuss the role of actions on compact spaces. This leads to a regularity condition for such actions that strengthens amenability.

    Colloquium in Mathematics, Prof. Dr. Arthur Bartels , WWU Münster
  • Place:

    Neuer Hörsaal
    Building 20.40, Room 102