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Whitney towers: What are they? And what are they good for?

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Speaker: 
Rob Schneiderman
Affiliation: 
Lehman College, City University of New York
Date: 
Mon, 17/10/2016 - 11:00 - 12:00
Location: 
MPIM Lecture Hall [2]
Parent event: 
Conference on 4-manifolds and knot concordance [3]

This talk will sketch an introduction to current theories of Whitney towers, highlight recent results and applications, and point out some open problems.

Source URL: https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/6873

Links:
[1] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/taxonomy/term/39
[2] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/3444
[3] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/6656