The MIT G&T Seminar is 3:30-4:30pm every Monday in 2-449, with the exception of MIT holidays.
Spring 2026 Speakers:
February 2nd: Francesco Lin, Columbia;
February 9th: Kristen Hendricks, Rutgers;
February 16th: No Seminar
February 23rd: Dylan Thurston, Boston College;
March 2nd: Juan Muñoz-Echániz, Stony Brook;
March 9th: Gage Martin, Harvard University
March 16th: Imogen Montague, UT Austin;
March 23rd: No Seminar (Spring Break)
March 30th: Louisa Liles, Ohio State University;
April 6th: Surena Hozoori, Brandeis University
April 13th: Ali Daemi, Washington University, St. Louis;
April 20th: No seminar
April 27th: Eugene Gorsky, UC Davis;
May 4th: Ian Zemke, University of Oregon;
May 11th: Saman Esfahani, Harvard University
Titles and Abstracts:
February 2nd: Dirac spectral flow and Floer theory of hyperbolic three-manifolds
Francesco Lin, Columbia;
Abstract: In this talk I will address the problem of determining the monopole Floer homology of a hyperbolic three-manifold purely in terms of its geometric invariants (such as volume and lengths of closed geodesics). In particular, I will outline a strategy that under good circumstances allows to determine the Floer homology of a hyperbolic torsion spin^c three-manifold (Y,s) with b_1(Y)=1, and exhibit some concrete instances in which the resulting group is non-trivial. This is joint work with M. Lipnowski.