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Abstracts for Classification of Topological 4-manifolds (Semester on 4-manifolds)

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An approach to the topological classification of 4-manifolds I

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Speaker: 
Matthias Kreck
Affiliation: 
Univ. Bonn
Date: 
Tue, 02/04/2013 - 10:30 - 12:00
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall

The starting point is Freedman's disc theorem for 4-manifolds with "good" fundamental group. This has two immediate consequences: The topological s-cobordism theorem and topological surgery in dimension 4. The first reduces the topological classification to the classification up to s-cobordism, the second can be used in constructing topological 4-manifolds. I will introduce into my modified surgery theory which allows a simplified approach to both problems.

An approach to the topological classification of 4-manifolds II

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Speaker: 
Matthias Kreck
Affiliation: 
Univ. Bonn
Date: 
Wed, 03/04/2013 - 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall

The starting point is Freedman's disc theorem for 4-manifolds with "good" fundamental group. This has two immediate consequences: The topological s-cobordism theorem and topological surgery in dimension 4. The first reduces the topological classification to the classification up to s-cobordism, the second can be used in constructing topological 4-manifolds. I will introduce into my modified surgery theory which allows a simplified approach to both problems.

Classification of topological 4-manifolds with finite fundamental group

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Speaker: 
Ian Hambleton
Affiliation: 
McMaster U./MPI
Date: 
Fri, 05/04/2013 - 10:30 - 12:00
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall

This talk will be the first part of a survey of ideas and results related to the classification of topological 4-manifolds up to homeomorphism or s-cobordism. In this talk I will assume finite fundamental group, and discuss (i) the algebraic topology of 4-manifolds, (ii) stable versus unstable classification, and (iii) applications to algebraic surfaces.

http://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/teichner/Math/4-Manifolds.html

Classification of topological 4-manifolds with infinite fundamental group, 2

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Speaker: 
Ian Hambleton
Affiliation: 
McMaster U./MPI
Date: 
Mon, 08/04/2013 - 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall

This talk will be the second part of a survey of ideas and results related to the classification of topological 4-manifolds up to homeomorphism or s-cobordism. In this talk I will assume that the fundamental group is infinite, and discuss (i) geometrically 2-dimsnsional groups, (ii) minimal 4-manifolds with a given fundamental group, and (iii) open problems.

http://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/teichner/Math/4-Manifolds.html

Pi_1 negligible embeddings in 4-manifolds, and applications

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Speaker: 
Frank Quinn
Date: 
Wed, 10/04/2013 - 16:30 - 18:00
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall

http://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/teichner/Math/4-Manifolds.html

Pi_1 negligible embeddings in 4-manifolds, and applications

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Speaker: 
Frank Quinn
Date: 
Fri, 12/04/2013 - 10:30 - 12:00
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall

http://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/teichner/Math/4-Manifolds.html

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