BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250723T175909EDT-3903GTSUds@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250723T215909Z DESCRIPTION:Title: Train track automata for outer automorphisms of free gr oups and geodesics in outer space\n\nAbstract: The outer automorphism grou p of the free group Out(F_r) acts as the isometry group on the deformation space of weighted graphs\, Culler-Vogtmann Outer space CV_r. The train tr ack theory of Bestvina-Feighn-Handel bridges studying topological represen tatives of the group elements and geodesics in this space it acts on. We u se the asymptotic conjugacy class invariant of the Handel-Mosher ideal Whi tehead graph to “stratify” the space of geodesics\, and the dynamically mi nimal “fully irreducible” outer automorphisms\, into train track automata for different ideal Whitehead graphs. We then also contextualize this work in the broader program of understanding the geodesic flow. While the flow in the closed hyperbolic manifold and Teichmuller space settings is ergod ic\, it is unclear whether graphs live in such a nice setting. We explain some of our indicators of certain properties the flow may have. Some resul ts presented are joint with some combinations of Y. Algom-Kfir\, D. Gagnie r\, I. Kapovich\, J. Maher\, L. Mosher\, and S.J. Taylor.\n\n \n\nWe will go for dinner with Catherine today (Wednesday). We will meet in front of L ola Rosa on Milton at 6pm.\n\n \n DTSTART:20241031T190000Z DTEND:20241031T200000Z LOCATION:Room 1214\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Catherine Pfaff (Institute for Advanced Study & Queen's University) URL:/mathstat/channels/event/catherine-pfaff-institute -advanced-study-queens-university-360704 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR