Thursday, September 28, 2023 1:00 pm
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1:00 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
Michael Albanese, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"Heegaard diagrams of three-manifolds"
We will represent handle decompositions of three-manifolds diagramatically, and relate them to Heegaard splittings. This will serve as a precursor for Kirby diagrams.
MC 5403