Coble Lectures: Geometrical questions in dimension four -- foliations and singularities
Nov 14, 2024 4:00 pm
Altgeld 245
- Sponsor
- Department of Mathematics
- Speaker
- Peter Kronheimer (Harvard)
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- Mathematics Colloquium & Named Lectures
Abstract: In dimension three, geometrical structures of various flavors have an important role in our understanding of manifolds. Such structures include Thurston's geometries, foliations and contact structures, and hierarchies of decompositions. In dimension four, we have nothing remotely comparable, but we do have some good questions to ask. This talk will explore some of those questions.