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Santander - Península de la Magdalena

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Geometric Group Theory aims to study groups through their actions on spaces—typically, but not exclusively, of non-positive curvature. While the works of Gromov and Thurston in the 1980s are considered the foundations of the field, its origins can be traced back to Max Dehn in the 1920s, when he formulated the three fundamental decision problems in group theory.

There is a remarkable number of connections between this field and other areas of mathematics. Furthermore, it has played a fundamental role in the recent solution of the Virtual Haken Conjecture and in the Tarski problems concerning first-order logic.

The school will focus on new trends in geometric group theory. These topics will be presented through two five-hour courses and five two-hour advanced talks. The program aims to train both national and international Ph.D. students, as well as young researchers with interdisciplinary interests in mathematics.