Date & Time: Monday, February 01, 2016, 16:50-17:35
Venue: Ramanujan Hall

Title: What is hyperbolic geometry?

Speaker: Mahan Maharaj, School of Mathematics, TIFR Bombay

Abstract: We shall indicate a solution to a problem posed by Euclid: Prove or disprove the parallel postulate assuming only the first 4 axioms of Euclidean geometry. The solution leads to a new geometry called hyperbolic geometry. We shall only assume some familiarity with calculus.