An introduction to amenability
Time and place
1 PM on Thursday, November 1st, 2007;
Jose Burillo (CCNY)
Abstract
Amenability is a classic subject dating to the 1920s, and related to some striking classic mathematics, like the axiom of choice, and the Banach-Tarski Paradox. In the last 20 years, it has gathered increased interest in the subject of geometric group theory, due to its invariance by quasi-isometry. In this talk, I will give an introduction to the subject and try to explain its interest for contemporary group theorists, together with examples and open problems.
