Workshop Announcement:

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 The geometry of the outer automorphism group of a free group
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                October 25 to October 29, 2010

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     Palo Alto, California

        http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/outerauto.html


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to
the outer automorphism group of the free group, Out(F); in particular,
its geometry and its inherent asymmetry. 

The workshop is organized by
Matt Clay, Vincent Guirardel, and Alexandra Pettet.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/outerauto.html

Space and funding is available for a few more participants.
If you would like to participate, please apply by filling
out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later
than June 25, 2010. Applications are open to all, and
we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities,
junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily
undergraduate institutions to apply.

Before submitting an application, please read the AIM
policies concerning participation and financial support
for participants.

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