Dear colleagues:

We announce the following seminar at IPMU
(the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe).

Regards,

Satoshi Kondo (IPMU)

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Date:   January 16, 2009, 13:30-15:00
Place:  Seminar Room at IPMU Prefab. B, Kashiwa Campus of the
University of Tokyo
Speaker:       Kenneth Shackleton (IPMU)
Title: On Harvey's curve complex
Abstract: We discuss an important graph in low-dimensional
topology called the "curve graph" of a surface, the 1-skeleton
of the curve complex, after Bill Harvey. We give some idea of
its importance, and some of its theory, mentioning the work of
Ivanov, Masur-Minsky and Bowditch among others.
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Please notice that the seminar will be held at the "Prefab" of IPMU.

You can check the location from
http://www.ipmu.jp/access/img/KashiwaCampusMap.png

The schedule of the seminar can be checked from
http://www.ipmu.jp/seminars/