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Some metric properties of Houghton's groups

Geometry/Topology

Speaker: Sean Cleary, CUNY
Location: 2112 MSB
Start time: Tue, Apr 7 2015, 3:10PM

Houghton's groups are a family of subgroups of infinite permutation groups known for their cohomological properties. Here, I describe some aspects of their geometry and metric properties including families of self-quasi-isometries. This is joint work with Jose Burillo, Armando Martino and Claas Roever.