Mdtop November 2014

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Meeting with David Gay
by Schirmer, Trent 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

Hi Everyone, David will be around most of the day tomorrow, so if anyone wants to meet him and talk to him let me know and I'll make sure to send him your way. Best, Trent

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Topology Seminar
by Henry Segerman 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

David Gay (University of Georgia) will speak in the topology seminar at 3:30pm, Thursday 20th November, in MSCS 422. TITLE: Trisections: Heegaard splittings for 4-manifolds ABSTRACT: This reports on joint work with Rob Kirby. We show that every smooth, closed, oriented 4-manifold splits (uniquely up to stabilization) into 3 nice pieces in precise analogy with the way every smooth, closed, oriented 3-manifold is split (uniquely up to stabilization) by a Heegaard splitting into 2 nice pieces. This talk will give definitions and examples to highlight the striking parallels between the 3- and 4-dimensional theories, and also to present several natural open questions.

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No topology seminar tomorrow
by Henry Segerman 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

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Topology seminar, Thursday Nov 6
by Henry Segerman 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

I will speak in the seminar at 3:30pm on Thursday in MSCS 422. Title: Pachner moves and crushing normal surfaces Abstract: We investigate the problem of explicitly finding a sequence of 2-3 and 3-2 Pachner moves that connect two one-vertex triangulations of a closed 3-manifold.

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