Graduate Student Colloquium
Alex Austin
UIC
Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds and Their Volumes
Abstract: I will introduce hyperbolic 3-manifolds, discuss the interaction of geometry and topology, stress the importance of volume, and describe some manifolds that exhibit these phenomena.
This talk is intended to be accessible to graduate students of all levels; no technical knowledge of hyperbolic geometry is expected (though the definitions of a manifold and its fundamental group may be assumed).
Monday October 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM in SEO 636