Seminar: Geometric Structures on Manifolds

Wintersemester 2015/2016

Dr. Gye-Seon Lee

Time and Location
Tuesdays 2 - 4 p.m. and INF 288, HS 5

Next meeting
February 2, at 2 p.m. in INF 288, HS 5

Organization meeting
October 13, at 2 p.m. in INF 288, HS 5

Description
About thirty years ago, the theory of 3-dimensional manifolds was revolutionized by work of Thurston. He showed that geometry has an important role to play in the theory in addition to the use of purely topological methods. This seminar aims at introducing students to some of these amazing developments and at discussing the various geometries which arise and their significance for the theory of 3-dimensional manifolds. At the organizational meeting I will propose several projects. During the first half of the semester, students will work on their project, which they will present during the second half of the semester. Every student is expected to hand in a short report as well.

Prerequisites
There are several topics for students to choose from, and hence any interested students are welcome to attend. The seminar will be taught in English.

Organization
Students who would like to sign up for the seminar should come to the organization meeting or send me an email (lee@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de) and let me know what project you would like to carry out. Once you have agreed on the topic of your project with me, you should contact me to discuss the content of your project in more detail. Please let me help you during the preparation of your presentation.

Schedule

Date	Time	Speaker	Title	Building	Room
December 8	14:00 - 16:00	Xiaoman	Hyperbolic geometry	INF 288	HS 5
December 15		Mareike	The Farey tessellation and circle packing
January 12		Harry	Geometric structures on 2-dimensional orbifolds
January 19		Sebastian	The figure-eight knot complement
January 26		Stephan	Geometric manifolds
February 2		Sven	The eight 3-dimensional geometries