Which simple shapes wear simple sweaters?
OTHER MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT EVENTS: MATH TABLE
When: September 25, 2024
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Science Center 507
Address:
1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
Speaker: Eric Shen - Harvard University
In this expository talk I’ll discuss some results on which “simple” manifolds, e.g. lens spaces, are the boundaries of other “simple” manifolds. Along the way we’ll learn about the intersection form, Betti numbers, Dehn surgery, and what lens spaces actually are.