Speaker: Brevan Ellefsen
The Virtually Haken Conjecture
After having introduced the elementary theory of Haken manifolds, we now dive into their modern theory. (A brief review will be given for those who did not attend the first talk). This talk will focus on the history and ideas developed by Wise, Agol, and others toward the proof
of the Virtually Haken Conjecture. We will also consider group theoretic applications and investigations, and will briefly discuss open and future problems as time allows.
