College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Topology Seminar
Speaker:
Puttipong Pongtanapaisan
Topic:
"Heegaard Genus and Rank of Fundamental Group"
Abstract:
We will discuss counterexamples to the Rank versus Genus Conjecture, i.e., closed orientable 3-manifolds with the rank of their fundamental group smaller than their Heegaard genus.
Event Date:
February 22, 2018 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
105 MLH
Calendar Category:
Seminar