Geometry and Topology Student Seminar

Tuesdays 1:30 - 3 pm, Room: Math Thesis Room (4214.03)
Graduate Center CUNY


Announcements

Posted 3/16: This seminar will meet online for the remainder of the semester. Please check your email for information regarding online meetings. If you are not on the email list please send me an email.


Topic for Spring 2020: Hyperbolic knots and 3-manifolds

We will follow the book Hyperbolic Knot Theory by Jessica Purcell (posted on arXiv on March 2nd 2020). Here is a longer list of books, notes and papers on hyperbolic knots and 3-manifolds.

Schedule for Spring 2020




Date Speaker Topic & Reference
Tuesday 2/4 Abhijit Champanerkar Outline, Summary and Resources
Tuesday 2/11 Joe Boninger
Yassin Chandran
Hyperbolic geometry in dimensions 2 and 3 (Sections 2.1, 2.3)
Tuesday 2/18 Emilio Minichiello Geometric structures (Section 3.1)
Tuesday 2/25 Matt Genkin
Complete structures (Section 3.2)
Tuesday 3/3 Abhijit Champanerkar
Moshe Dinowitz
Developing maps (Section 3.3), Geometric triangulations (Section 4.1)
Tuesday 3/10 Emilio Minichiello Gluing equations and hyperbolic structures (Sections 4.2 )
Tuesday 3/17 Michael Marinelli
Joe Boninger
Gluing equations and hyperbolic structures (Sections 4.4)
Hyperbolic Volume (Sections 9.1, 9.2),
Online meeting. Check email for more information
Tuesday 3/24 Michael Marinelli
Alexander Stas
Completion (Sections 6.1)
Computing hyperbolic structures and invariants SnapPy
Online meeting. Check email for more information
Tuesday 3/31 No seminar
Tuesday 4/7 No seminar CUNY Wednesday
Tuesday 4/14 No seminar
Tuesday 4/21 Abhijit Champanerkar Algebraic Sets and the A-Polynomial (Chapter 15)
Online meeting. Check email for more information
Tuesday 4/28 Abhijit Champanerkar PSL A-Polynomial and the Gluing variety (Chapter 15)
Online meeting. Check email for more information
Tuesday 5/5 Abhijit Champanerkar PSL A-Polynomial and the Gluing variety (Chapter 15)
Online meeting. Check email for more information


Seminars from previous semesters: Fall 2019   Spring 2019   Fall 2018   Spring 2018   Fall 2017   Spring 2017   Fall 2016   Spring 2015   Fall 2014   Spring 2014   Fall 2013   Spring 2013   Fall 2012   Summer 2012   Winter 2012

This seminar is organized by Abhijit Champanerkar .
Related Seminars:
  1. CUNY Geometry and Topology Seminar Tuesdays 4:15 pm.
  2. Hyperbolic Geometry Seminar Tuesdays 3-4 pm, Room 4214-03 (Thesis room).
  3. Columbia Geometric Topology Seminar Fridays 2 pm, Columbia University.