This week we have Kate Petersen speaking. Her title and abstract are below.
Title: Symmetries and surface detection for SL(2, C) character varieties of 3-manifolds
Speaker: Kathleen Petersen, Florida State University
Date: Oct 21, 2020 Time: 3:45 PM
Abstract: Culler, Morgan, and Shalen pioneered the detection essential surfaces in 3- manifolds through SL(2, C) character varieties. I’ll review these character
varieties and detection, then discuss how symmetries of the 3-manifold affect this detection before concluding with some examples. This is joint work with Jay Leach.
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