Geometry and Topology Seminar——Positivity and continuity of the twisted L^2-torsion for 3-manifolds
报告人：Jianru Duan (Peking University)
时间：2022-10-26 15:10-17:00
地点：Room 1114, Sciences Building No. 1
Abstract: For a general class of 3-manifolds, the L^2-torsion of a manifold is a topological invariant that is determined by its simplicial volume. The idea of "twisting" is to use linear representations of the fundamental group to define more L^2-invariants. In this talk I will review the basic elements of L^2-torsion theory, and then show that the twisted L^2-torsion is a strictly positive function on the character variety. Moreover, this torsion function is continuous on the subvariety of upper triangular representations.
