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Graduate Student Geometry-Topology Seminar

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 12:00pm

Huy Mai

University of Pennsylvania

Location

University of Pennsylvania

DRL 4C4

Gromov's almost flat manifold theorem states that every almost flat manifolds (in terms of curvature and diameter bounds) is finitely covered by a nilmanifold. In this talk, first we will show the reverse direction, i.e., we will prove the existence of almost flat metrics on nilmanifolds. We will also prove a sectional curvature bound for left invariant metrics on a Lie group. If time permits, we will discuss how we can view nilmanifolds as torus bundles over torus bundles.