Alex Eskin

Thursday, 30 March 2023, 3.15pm - 4.15pm 

ETH Zürich, main building, HG E 5

Alex Eskin, University of Chicago and ETH-ITS

Polygonal Billiards and Dynamics on Moduli Spaces

Billiards in polygons can exhibit bizarre behavior, some of which can be explained by deep connections to several seemingly unrelated branches of mathematics. These include algebraic geometry, Teichmuller theory and ergodic theory on homogeneous spaces. The talk will be an introduction to these ideas, aimed at a general mathematical audience.

Please click here to see the video of the talk.