Tag Archives: 3-manifolds

Seminar November 1 – Chris Atkinson

On November 1st, Chris Atkinson of Temple University will speak in the the Geometry-Topology Seminar.  He will speak about: Title: Small volume link orbifolds Abstract: We will discuss recent joint work with Dave Futer in which we study hyperbolic 3-orbifolds having … Continue reading

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Seminar August 30 – Neil Hoffman

On August 30th, the Geometry-Topology Seminar will kick off the fall semester by hosting Neil Hoffman of Boston College.  He will speak about: Title: Hidden symmetries and cyclic commensurability for small knot complements Abstract: Two hyperbolic orbifolds are commensurable if they share a … Continue reading

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David Futer talks at the Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference

On April 2, David Futer will give a survey talk at the Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference at MSU. Title: Ef­fec­tive hy­per­bol­ic geom­e­try Abstract: Pow­er­ful the­o­rems of Thurston, Perel­man, and Mostow tell us that al­most every 3-di­men­sion­al man­i­fold ad­mits a … Continue reading

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Seminar March 29 – Ryan Blair

On March 29th, the Geometry-Topology Seminar will host Ryan Blair of the University of Pennsylvania.  He will speak about: Title: Bridge Number and Conway Products Abstract: A well known theorem of Schubert tells us that the bridge number of knots is additive … Continue reading

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Kei Nakamura’s talk on Oct. 28

Kei Nakamura will speak on October 28th in the Princeton Topology Seminar. Title: Fox re-embedding and Bing submanifolds Abstract: Let M be an orientable closed connected 3-manifold, and Y be a connected compact 3-manifold. We show that the following two … Continue reading

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