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The Goldman bracket characterizes homeomorphisms between non-compact surfaces
Sumanta Das (IIT Bombay)
We show that a homotopy equivalence between two non-compact orientable surfaces is homotopic to a homeomorphism if and only if it preserves the Goldman bracket, provided our surfaces are neither the plane nor the punctured plane.
Time: 2-3 pm (on 28th) and 3-4 pm (on 29th)