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## Lafont, Jean-François

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 Author ID: lafont.jean-francois Published as: Lafont, Jean-François; Lafont, J.-F.; Lafont, Jean-Francois; Lafont
 Documents Indexed: 49 Publications since 2004, including 4 Books
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#### Co-Authors

 5 single-authored 8 Ortiz, Ivonne Johanna 6 Constantine, David 5 Schmidt, Benjamin 4 Davis, Michael W. 4 Farrell, F. Thomas 3 Thompson, Daniel J. 2 McReynolds, David Ben 2 Neofytidis, Christoforos 2 Prassidis, Stratos 2 Sánchez-García, Rubén J. 1 Aravinda, C. S. 1 Arzhantseva, Goulnara N. 1 Broaddus, Nathan 1 Bucher, Michelle 1 Connell, Chris 1 Fowler, Jim 1 Francaviglia, Stefano 1 Frigerio, Roberto 1 Gogolev, Andrey 1 Januszkiewicz, Tadeusz 1 Juan-Pineda, Daniel 1 Kar, Aditi 1 Kowalick, Ryan 1 Leary, Ian James 1 Magurn, Bruce A. 1 Millan-Vossler, S. 1 Minasyan, Ashot 1 Minemyer, Barry 1 Pallekonda, Seshendra 1 Pittet, Christophe 1 Rahm, Alexander Daniel 1 Roy, Ranja 1 Sisto, Alessandro 1 Sorcar, Gangotryi 1 Tshishiku, Bena 1 van Limbeek, Wouter 1 Wang, Kun 1 Wang, Shi 1 Zheng, Fangyang
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#### Serials

 4 Geometriae Dedicata 3 Journal of Topology and Analysis 2 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 2 Indiana University Mathematics Journal 2 Journal of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series 2 Publicacions Matemàtiques 2 Algebraic & Geometric Topology 2 London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 1 Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1 Acta Mathematica 1 Annales de l’Institut Fourier 1 Duke Mathematical Journal 1 Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 1 Michigan Mathematical Journal 1 Pacific Journal of Mathematics 1 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 1 Topology 1 Topology and its Applications 1 Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 1 Forum Mathematicum 1 Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA 1 L’Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série 1 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section A. Mathematics 1 Expositiones Mathematicae 1 Transformation Groups 1 Geometry & Topology 1 Journal of Group Theory 1 Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) 1 Annales Henri Poincaré 1 The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics 1 Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly 1 Astérisque 1 Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics 1 Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics 1 Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces 1 Journal de l’École Polytechnique – Mathématiques 1 Annals of $$K$$-Theory
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#### Fields

 27 Manifolds and cell complexes (57-XX) 22 Differential geometry (53-XX) 20 Group theory and generalizations (20-XX) 10 $$K$$-theory (19-XX) 7 Algebraic topology (55-XX) 6 Category theory; homological algebra (18-XX) 6 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-XX) 5 Geometry (51-XX) 3 General and overarching topics; collections (00-XX) 2 Associative rings and algebras (16-XX) 2 Functional analysis (46-XX) 2 Convex and discrete geometry (52-XX) 1 Mathematical logic and foundations (03-XX) 1 Algebraic geometry (14-XX) 1 Topological groups, Lie groups (22-XX) 1 Measure and integration (28-XX) 1 Several complex variables and analytic spaces (32-XX) 1 General topology (54-XX) 1 Global analysis, analysis on manifolds (58-XX)

#### Citations contained in zbMATH Open

36 Publications have been cited 157 times in 134 Documents Cited by Year
Simplicial volume of closed locally symmetric spaces of non-compact type. Zbl 1111.57020
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin
2006
EZ-structures and topological applications. Zbl 1094.57003
Farrell, F. T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2005
Roundness properties of groups. Zbl 1114.20023
Lafont, Jean-François; Prassidis, Stratos
2006
Rigidity of high dimensional graph manifolds. Zbl 1333.53001
Frigerio, Roberto; Lafont, Jean-François; Sisto, Alessandro
2015
Relative hyperbolicity, classifying spaces, and lower algebraic $$K$$-theory. Zbl 1132.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2007
Blocking light in compact Riemannian manifolds. Zbl 1135.53028
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin
2007
Diagram rigidity for geometric amalgamations of free groups. Zbl 1131.20029
Lafont, Jean-François
2007
Strong Jordan separation and applications to rigidity. Zbl 1167.53039
Lafont, Jean-François
2006
Rigidity result for certain three-dimensional singular spaces and their fundamental groups. Zbl 1076.57020
Lafont, Jean-François
2004
4-dimensional locally $$\mathrm{CAT}(0)$$-manifolds with no Riemannian smoothings. Zbl 1237.57015
Davis, M.; Januszkiewicz, T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2012
Isomorphism versus commensurability for a class of finitely presented groups. Zbl 1312.20033
Arzhantseva, Goulnara; Lafont, Jean-François; Minasyan, Ashot
2014
Aspherical products which do not support Anosov diffeomorphisms. Zbl 1367.37031
Gogolev, Andrey; Lafont, Jean-François
2016
Lower algebraic $$K$$-theory of hyperbolic 3-simplex reflection groups. Zbl 1172.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2009
A note on the characteristic classes of non-positively curved manifolds. Zbl 1151.57033
Lafont, Jean-François; Roy, Ranja
2007
Lower algebraic $$K$$-theory of certain reflection groups. Zbl 1190.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Magurn, Bruce A.; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2010
Aspherical manifolds that cannot be triangulated. Zbl 1288.57023
Davis, Michael W.; Fowler, Jim; Lafont, Jean-François
2014
Algebraic $$K$$-theory of virtually free groups. Zbl 1252.19002
Juan-Pineda, D.; Lafont, J.-F.; Millan-Vossler, S.; Pallekonda, S.
2011
Strong symbolic dynamics for geodesic flows on $$\operatorname{CAT}(-1)$$ spaces and other metric Anosov flows. (Dynamique symbolique forte pour les flots géodésiques sur les espaces $$\operatorname{CAT}(-1)$$ et les flots métriques d’Anosov.) Zbl 1436.37046
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François; Thompson, Daniel J.
2020
Relating the Farrell Nil-groups to the Waldhausen Nil-groups. Zbl 1147.19005
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2008
Revisiting Farrell’s nonfiniteness of Nil. Zbl 1330.18019
Lafont, Jean-François; Prassidis, Stratos; Wang, Kun
2016
Vanishing simplicial volume for certain affine manifolds. Zbl 1411.53040
Bucher, Michelle; Connell, Chris; Lafont, Jean-François
2018
Rigidity of almost-isometric universal covers. Zbl 1346.53044
Schmidt, Benjamin; Lafont, Jean-François; Kar, Aditi
2016
Barycentric straightening and bounded cohomology. Zbl 1419.57051
Lafont, Jean-François; Wang, Shi
2019
Splitting formulas for certain Waldhausen Nil-groups. Zbl 1176.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2009
A boundary version of Cartan-Hadamard and applications to rigidity. Zbl 1190.53031
Jean-François; Lafont
2009
Quasicircle boundaries and exotic almost-isometries. (Quasi-cercles au bord et presque-isométries éxotiques.) Zbl 06821962
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin; van Limbeek, Wouter
2017
On the Hausdorff dimension of $$\mathrm{CAT}(\kappa)$$ surfaces. Zbl 1350.28005
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François
2016
Finite automorphisms of negatively curved Poincaré duality groups. Zbl 1120.20045
Farrell, F. T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2004
Sets of degrees of maps between SU(2)-bundles over the 5-sphere. Zbl 1445.57020
Lafont, Jean-François; Neofytidis, Christoforos
2019
Primitive geodesic lengths and (almost) arithmetic progressions. Zbl 1415.53026
Lafont, J.-F.; McReynolds, D. B.
2019
The weak specification property for geodesic flows on $$\mathrm{CAT}(-1)$$ spaces. Zbl 1457.37049
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François; Thompson, Daniel J.
2020
On submanifolds in locally symmetric spaces of noncompact type. Zbl 1129.53030
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin
2006
Marked length rigidity for one-dimensional spaces. Zbl 1427.53050
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François
2019
Some Kähler structures on products of 2-spheres. Zbl 1446.32016
Lafont, Jean-François; Sorcar, Gangotryi; Zheng, Fangyang
2018
Involutions of negatively curved groups with wild boundary behavior. Zbl 1189.57014
Farrell, F. T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2009
A note on strong Jordan separation. Zbl 1171.57023
Lafont, Jean-François
2009
Strong symbolic dynamics for geodesic flows on $$\operatorname{CAT}(-1)$$ spaces and other metric Anosov flows. (Dynamique symbolique forte pour les flots géodésiques sur les espaces $$\operatorname{CAT}(-1)$$ et les flots métriques d’Anosov.) Zbl 1436.37046
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François; Thompson, Daniel J.
2020
The weak specification property for geodesic flows on $$\mathrm{CAT}(-1)$$ spaces. Zbl 1457.37049
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François; Thompson, Daniel J.
2020
Barycentric straightening and bounded cohomology. Zbl 1419.57051
Lafont, Jean-François; Wang, Shi
2019
Sets of degrees of maps between SU(2)-bundles over the 5-sphere. Zbl 1445.57020
Lafont, Jean-François; Neofytidis, Christoforos
2019
Primitive geodesic lengths and (almost) arithmetic progressions. Zbl 1415.53026
Lafont, J.-F.; McReynolds, D. B.
2019
Marked length rigidity for one-dimensional spaces. Zbl 1427.53050
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François
2019
Vanishing simplicial volume for certain affine manifolds. Zbl 1411.53040
Bucher, Michelle; Connell, Chris; Lafont, Jean-François
2018
Some Kähler structures on products of 2-spheres. Zbl 1446.32016
Lafont, Jean-François; Sorcar, Gangotryi; Zheng, Fangyang
2018
Quasicircle boundaries and exotic almost-isometries. (Quasi-cercles au bord et presque-isométries éxotiques.) Zbl 06821962
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin; van Limbeek, Wouter
2017
Aspherical products which do not support Anosov diffeomorphisms. Zbl 1367.37031
Gogolev, Andrey; Lafont, Jean-François
2016
Revisiting Farrell’s nonfiniteness of Nil. Zbl 1330.18019
Lafont, Jean-François; Prassidis, Stratos; Wang, Kun
2016
Rigidity of almost-isometric universal covers. Zbl 1346.53044
Schmidt, Benjamin; Lafont, Jean-François; Kar, Aditi
2016
On the Hausdorff dimension of $$\mathrm{CAT}(\kappa)$$ surfaces. Zbl 1350.28005
Constantine, David; Lafont, Jean-François
2016
Rigidity of high dimensional graph manifolds. Zbl 1333.53001
Frigerio, Roberto; Lafont, Jean-François; Sisto, Alessandro
2015
Isomorphism versus commensurability for a class of finitely presented groups. Zbl 1312.20033
Arzhantseva, Goulnara; Lafont, Jean-François; Minasyan, Ashot
2014
Aspherical manifolds that cannot be triangulated. Zbl 1288.57023
Davis, Michael W.; Fowler, Jim; Lafont, Jean-François
2014
4-dimensional locally $$\mathrm{CAT}(0)$$-manifolds with no Riemannian smoothings. Zbl 1237.57015
Davis, M.; Januszkiewicz, T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2012
Algebraic $$K$$-theory of virtually free groups. Zbl 1252.19002
Juan-Pineda, D.; Lafont, J.-F.; Millan-Vossler, S.; Pallekonda, S.
2011
Lower algebraic $$K$$-theory of certain reflection groups. Zbl 1190.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Magurn, Bruce A.; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2010
Lower algebraic $$K$$-theory of hyperbolic 3-simplex reflection groups. Zbl 1172.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2009
Splitting formulas for certain Waldhausen Nil-groups. Zbl 1176.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2009
A boundary version of Cartan-Hadamard and applications to rigidity. Zbl 1190.53031
Jean-François; Lafont
2009
Involutions of negatively curved groups with wild boundary behavior. Zbl 1189.57014
Farrell, F. T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2009
A note on strong Jordan separation. Zbl 1171.57023
Lafont, Jean-François
2009
Relating the Farrell Nil-groups to the Waldhausen Nil-groups. Zbl 1147.19005
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2008
Relative hyperbolicity, classifying spaces, and lower algebraic $$K$$-theory. Zbl 1132.19001
Lafont, Jean-François; Ortiz, Ivonne J.
2007
Blocking light in compact Riemannian manifolds. Zbl 1135.53028
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin
2007
Diagram rigidity for geometric amalgamations of free groups. Zbl 1131.20029
Lafont, Jean-François
2007
A note on the characteristic classes of non-positively curved manifolds. Zbl 1151.57033
Lafont, Jean-François; Roy, Ranja
2007
Simplicial volume of closed locally symmetric spaces of non-compact type. Zbl 1111.57020
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin
2006
Roundness properties of groups. Zbl 1114.20023
Lafont, Jean-François; Prassidis, Stratos
2006
Strong Jordan separation and applications to rigidity. Zbl 1167.53039
Lafont, Jean-François
2006
On submanifolds in locally symmetric spaces of noncompact type. Zbl 1129.53030
Lafont, Jean-François; Schmidt, Benjamin
2006
EZ-structures and topological applications. Zbl 1094.57003
Farrell, F. T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2005
Rigidity result for certain three-dimensional singular spaces and their fundamental groups. Zbl 1076.57020
Lafont, Jean-François
2004
Finite automorphisms of negatively curved Poincaré duality groups. Zbl 1120.20045
Farrell, F. T.; Lafont, J.-F.
2004
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#### Cited by 152 Authors

 12 Lafont, Jean-François 6 Kim, Sungwoon 5 Guilbault, Craig R. 5 Juan-Pineda, Daniel 5 Neofytidis, Christoforos 4 Kim, Inkang 4 Petrosyan, Nansen 4 Weston, Anthony 3 Belegradek, Igor 3 Berg, I. David 3 Bucher, Michelle 3 Degrijse, Dieter 3 Doust, Ian 3 Nikolaev, Igor Georgievich 3 Sisto, Alessandro 3 Stark, Emily 3 Wang, Shi 2 Behrstock, Jason A. 2 Connell, Chris 2 Davis, Michael W. 2 Derbez, Pierre 2 Fluch, Martin G. 2 Gerber, Marlies 2 Gutkin, Eugene 2 Hagen, Mark F. 2 Huang, Jingyin 2 Löh, Clara 2 Magurn, Bruce A. 2 Martin, Alexandre 2 Moran, Molly A. 2 Murugan, Mathav Kishore 2 Nucinkis, Brita E. A. 2 Ortiz, Ivonne Johanna 2 Osajda, Damian 2 Robertson, Gavin 2 Romero, Nadia 2 Sánchez Saldaña, Luis Jorge 2 Schmidt, Benjamin 2 Tirel, Carrie J. 2 Wang, Shi Cheng 1 Amini-Harandi, Alireza 1 Bangert, Victor 1 Bárcenas, Noé 1 Belk, James M. 1 Berestovskiĭ, Valeriĭ Nikolaevich 1 Bidar, Mohammadreza 1 Bleak, Collin 1 Bouc, Serge 1 Bräunling, Oliver 1 Bucher-Karlsson, Michelle 1 Caffarelli, Elena A. 1 Carvajales, León 1 Cencelj, Matija 1 Cerocchi, Filippo 1 Constantine, David 1 Crisp, John D. C. 1 Dahmani, François 1 Daly, Kathleen 1 Dauer, Thomas 1 Davis, James Frederic 1 Deng, Jialong 1 Edmonds, Allan L. 1 Eskenazis, Alexandros 1 Farley, Daniel Scott 1 Faver, Timothy E. 1 Fraser, Jonathan MacDonald 1 Frigerio, Roberto 1 Gavin, Colin 1 Gelander, Tsachik 1 Gogolev, Andrey 1 Gromov, Mikhael Leonidovich 1 Gu, Shijie 1 Guth, Lawrence David 1 Hammerlindl, Andy 1 Hebda, James J. 1 Heinonen, Juha 1 Herreros, Pilar 1 Heuer, Nicolaus 1 Hidber, Cristhian E. 1 Iwaniec, Tadeusz 1 Januszkiewicz, Tadeusz 1 Jaudon, Ghislain 1 Ji, Lizhen 1 Kar, Aditi 1 Karimov, Umed H. 1 Khan, Qayum 1 Kim, Raeyong 1 Knopf, Svenja 1 Kochalski, Katelynn 1 Köhl, Ralf 1 Kolpakov, Alexander A. 1 Kondo, Takefumi 1 Ku, Wah-Kwan 1 Kuessner, Thilo 1 Le, Giang 1 Levy-Moore, Lukiel 1 Liu, Lihuei 1 Liu, Yi 1 Logan, Alan D. 1 Lytchak, Alexander ...and 52 more Authors
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#### Cited in 52 Serials

 14 Algebraic & Geometric Topology 13 Geometriae Dedicata 6 Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 6 Journal of Topology and Analysis 5 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 5 Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics 4 Advances in Mathematics 4 Inventiones Mathematicae 4 Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 4 Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 4 Topology and its Applications 4 Geometry & Topology 3 Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 3 Duke Mathematical Journal 3 Mathematische Annalen 3 Mathematische Zeitschrift 3 Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA 3 Journal of Topology 2 Annales de l’Institut Fourier 2 Journal of Algebra 2 Journal of Functional Analysis 2 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. New Series 2 Boletín de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana. Third Series 1 Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society 1 Communications in Algebra 1 Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 1 Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France 1 Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 1 Glasgow Mathematical Journal 1 Journal of Geometry 1 Michigan Mathematical Journal 1 Pacific Journal of Mathematics 1 Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Third Series 1 Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society 1 Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry 1 $$K$$-Theory 1 Publicacions Matemàtiques 1 Differential Geometry and its Applications 1 IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices 1 Aequationes Mathematicae 1 Expositiones Mathematicae 1 Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics 1 The New York Journal of Mathematics 1 Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques 1 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems 1 Transformation Groups 1 Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) 1 Annales Henri Poincaré 1 Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society 1 Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications 1 Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures 1 Involve
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#### Cited in 27 Fields

 56 Manifolds and cell complexes (57-XX) 55 Group theory and generalizations (20-XX) 50 Differential geometry (53-XX) 26 Algebraic topology (55-XX) 19 Geometry (51-XX) 18 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-XX) 15 $$K$$-theory (19-XX) 11 Functional analysis (46-XX) 8 General topology (54-XX) 7 Combinatorics (05-XX) 5 Category theory; homological algebra (18-XX) 5 Topological groups, Lie groups (22-XX) 5 Functions of a complex variable (30-XX) 3 Number theory (11-XX) 3 Measure and integration (28-XX) 3 Global analysis, analysis on manifolds (58-XX) 2 Mathematical logic and foundations (03-XX) 2 Algebraic geometry (14-XX) 2 Associative rings and algebras (16-XX) 2 Convex and discrete geometry (52-XX) 1 History and biography (01-XX) 1 Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures (06-XX) 1 Partial differential equations (35-XX) 1 Abstract harmonic analysis (43-XX) 1 Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization (49-XX) 1 Computer science (68-XX) 1 Optics, electromagnetic theory (78-XX)