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Hi there. My real name is Kiran.

I'm a mathematician. My research interests involve the action of groups, particularly discrete (not necessarily abelian) groups, on low-dimensional manifolds. Ghys's paper [http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/ghys/articles/groupscircle.pdf Groups acting on the circle] is a beautiful example of the kind of thing I find interesting. [https://www.mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=183813 Here I am] at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

Besides mathematics, I'm also interested in many other things. I love science, especially astronomy, biology, and psychology; languages; storytelling; philosophy; and politics. (OK, I don't love politics, but I care very deeply about fighting for a better society, and that's what politics, ideally, is all about.) I'm interested in questions such as: How do the stories we tell, and the worldviews we unconsciously drink in as part of the culture we're embedded in, shape our thinking -- and how can we change?

For the most part at Wikipedia I seem to add small bits of information, improve consistency and grammar, and revert vandalism.

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