Structures on Surfaces, Topological and Algebraic
Sol Jekel (Boston, MA)
Date: November 1, 2024
Abstract: Motivated by a variety of examples of surfaces in 3-dimensional space I will describe how to impose algebraic and topological structures to help understand their properties and behavior. I will then focus on applications to Mapping Class Groups and Foliations, particularly on problems that are of special interest to me.