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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Department Colloquium: Exotic Surfaces

Event Type: Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor: Department of Mathematics
Location: 245 Altgeld Hall
Date: Oct 3, 2024 4:00 pm
Speaker: Robert Lipshitz (Oregon)
Contact: Jacob Rasmussen
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Originating Calendar: Mathematics Colloquium & Named Lectures; Abstract: In the last few years there has been an explosion of new results about surfaces in 4-space. In this talk, we will start by discussing various kinds of surfaces and some basic questions about them, like what it means for two of them to be the equivalent. We will then discuss two ways to describe smooth surfaces in 4-space explicitly, give a number of examples illustrating recent results, and mention some still-open questions. The talk will end with a sketch of some of the techniques involved. Most of the results in the talk are due to other people; a few are joint with Sucharit Sarkar.

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