Eclectic problems in topology, geometry and dynamics [ 2003-01-01 - 2007-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Grant Cairns (Chief Investigator)

Brief description Eclectic problems in topology, geometry and dynamics. This project aims to resolve a number of problems across several broad areas of pure mathematics. The problems all have a geometric or topological flavour, and some deal with dynamics in the qualitative sense. The problems share two common themes: they have group theoretic aspects and homological aspects. Specifically, the problems lie in the following areas:\r\n1. finite dimensional Lie algebras and their cohomology,\r\n2. low dimensional combinatorial geometry: graph drawings on surfaces,\r\n3. topological dynamics of group actions,\r\n4. differentiable group actions and foliation theory.\r\nThe most significant aims are to resolve two well known conjectures: Halperin's toral rank conjecture and Conway's thrackle conjecture.\r\n

Funding Amount $133,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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