- Series
- Geometry Topology Working Seminar
- Time
- Friday, February 25, 2011 - 2:00pm for 1.5 hours (actually 80 minutes)
- Location
- Skiles 269
- Speaker
- Dan Margalit – GaTech
- Organizer
- Dan Margalit
I'll present a new, simple proof that the Torelli group is generated by (infinitely many) bounding pair maps. At the end, I'll explain an application of this approach to the hyperelliptic Torelli group. The key is to take advantage of the "complex of minimizing cycles."