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Title: Actions of lattices on low-dimensional manifolds
Speaker: Professor John Franks
Speaker Info: Northwestern University
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We consider how algebraic properties of discrete subgroups of Lie groups restrict the possible actions of those groups on low-dimensional manifolds. The results show a strong parallel between the possible actions of such a group on S^1 and the area-preserving actions on surfaces.