Today Robert is speaking in seminar his title and abstract are below:

Title: Decompositions of 3-manifolds

Time: 3:30 PM

Room: MSCS 509

Abstract: In this introductory, expository talk, we motivate and review classical theorems of 3-manifold topology dealing with the decomposition of compact 3-manifolds along ”interesting” embedded surfaces.

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Neil R. Hoffman Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics 523 Math Science Building Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-1058 405-744-7791 http://math.okstate.edu/people/nhoffman