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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 292 - Topology Seminar

O\v{g}uz \c{S}avk

Bo\v{g}azi\c{c}i University

Classical and new plumbings bounding contractible manifolds and homology balls

Abstract:

A central problem in low-dimensional topology asks which homology 3-spheres bound contractible 4-manifolds and homology 4-balls. In this talk, we address this problem for plumbed 3-manifolds and we present the classical and new results together. Our approach is based on Mazur’s famous argument which provides a unification of all results in a fairly simple way.

Host: Jianfeng Lin

May 18, 2021

11:30 AM

Meeting ID: 933 6734 4286 Password: topology

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