Brandeis-Harvard-MIT-Northeastern

JOINT MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM


 
Small 4-manifolds

 

Ron Fintushel

Michigan State University
 
 

MIT

Thursday, September 22, 2005


Talk at 4:30 p.m. in Room 2-190

Tea from 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. in Room 2-290
Refreshments afterwards, in Room 2-290


 
 

Abstract:   There has recently been significant progress in constructing simply connected smooth 4-manifolds with small betti numbers. I will survey this area of 4-manifold topology and describe these constructions along with necessary tools (but not a hardhat lecture).


 

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Posted: September 13, 2005    URL: http://www.math.neu.edu/bhmn/fintushel05.html