Koç University, Mathematics Seminar

Date & Time: Thursday, March 24, 16:00-17:00

Place: SCI 129

Speaker: Ayberk Zeytin (Galatasaray University)

Title: The Class Groupoid

Abstract: In this talk, we will introduce the class groupoid in which all mapping class groups of surfaces of finite type and the universal mapping class group can be embedded. If time permits we will mention some related arithmetic problems (joint with M. Uludag).

This research is supported by TUBITAK grant 113R017.

Speaker's Brief Biography: The speaker did his PhD at METU and held visiting positions at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt. He also visited several research institutes (including IRMA, ICTP, IHES). He is now at Galatasaray University.