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SUMMARY:Geometry of mapping class groups - Katie Vokes (Warwick)
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DESCRIPTION:The mapping class group of an orientable surface is the group 
 of isotopy classes of orientation-preserving homeomorphisms of the surface
 . Given an infinite group such as the mapping class group\, we are often i
 nterested in studying the large-scale geometry of this group. I will descr
 ibe what is meant by the geometry of a group and outline some geometric pr
 operties of mapping class groups and how we can study them.
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