Comments on: Distinguished Lecture Series II: Shing-Tung Yau, “The Basic Tools to Construct Geometric Structures” http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/ Updates on my research and expository papers, discussion of open problems, and other maths-related topics. By Terence Tao Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Even More Stuff Than Usual http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-1458 Not Even Wrong » Blog Archive » Even More Stuff Than Usual Thu, 31 May 2007 23:06:54 +0000 http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-1458 [...] a lot worth reading in Terry Tao reporting on a series of lectures by Yau at UCLA here, here and here. At the blog of fellow Fields Medalist Alain Connes, there’s mention of on a recent [...] [...] a lot worth reading in Terry Tao reporting on a series of lectures by Yau at UCLA here, here and here. At the blog of fellow Fields Medalist Alain Connes, there’s mention of on a recent [...]

]]> By: Walt http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-1022 Walt Sat, 19 May 2007 20:19:24 +0000 http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-1022 I use <a href="http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html" rel="nofollow">MimeTeX</a> to generate LaTeX images for my weblog. It's a low-hassle solution. I use MimeTeX to generate LaTeX images for my weblog. It’s a low-hassle solution.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-997 Anonymous Fri, 18 May 2007 22:08:34 +0000 http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-997 Out of place, but congrats on your election to the Royal Society! Out of place, but congrats on your election to the Royal Society!

]]> By: Richard http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-991 Richard Fri, 18 May 2007 14:31:41 +0000 http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/distinguished-lecture-series-ii-shing-tung-yau-the-basic-tools-to-construct-geometric-structures/#comment-991 Hello, The "version of Mostow Rigidity" you mention, which states that the (minimally parabolic) geometrically finite hyperbolic structures on a manifold (with incompressible boundary) are parameterized by the Teichmüller space of the boundary, should be attributed to Ahlfors-Bers-Marden-Sullivan. Of course, the heart of Geometrization for Haken manifolds is the fixed point problem and its solution, and that's certainly Thurston's. Cheers. Hello,

The “version of Mostow Rigidity” you mention, which states that the (minimally parabolic) geometrically finite hyperbolic structures on a manifold (with incompressible boundary) are parameterized by the Teichmüller space of the boundary, should be attributed to Ahlfors-Bers-Marden-Sullivan. Of course, the heart of Geometrization for Haken manifolds is the fixed point problem and its solution, and that’s certainly Thurston’s.

Cheers.

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