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G^3 = Geometric Group Theory on the Gulf Coast Conference
November 11-14, 2004

Pensacola Beach, Florida, USA

Organizers
Stephen Brick, Craig Jensen, Igor Mineyev

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Optimal pinching constants for nilpotent groups
by
Igor Belegradek
Georgia Tech
Coauthors: Vitali Kapovitch (Muenster)

I shall survey known results on pinching estimates for pinched negatively curved manifolds, and describe my recent work with Vitali Kapovitch that gives optimal pinching constants for manifolds with nilpotent fundamental groups.

Paper reference: arXiv:math.DG/0405579

Date received: September 7, 2004

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