
# Geometry and Topology Seminar

## Warwick Mathematics Institute, Term I, 2018-2019

 Thursday October 4, 15:00, room MS.03 Maxime Fortier Bourque (Glasgow) Local maxima of the systole function Abstract: The systole of a hyperbolic surface is the length of its shortest closed geodesic(s). Schmutz Schaller initiated the study of the systole function and its local maxima in the 90's. I will explain a construction of a new infinite family of closed hyperbolic surfaces which are local maxima for the systole. The simplest of these surfaces is the Bolza surface, which is the surface of genus 2 with the largest number of symmetries. In higher genus, we obtain super-exponentially many examples and most of them have a trivial automorphism group. This is joint work with Kasra Rafi.

 Thursday October 11, 15:00, room MS.03 Raphael Zentner (Regensburg) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday October 18, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday October 25, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday November 1, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday November 8, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday November 15, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday November 22, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday November 29, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

 Thursday December 6, 15:00, room MS.03 TBA (TBA) TBA Abstract: TBA

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