Oral Exam: Transverse Surgery in Contact Manifolds

Series
Geometry Topology Seminar
Time
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 2:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Jamie Conway – Georgia Tech
Organizer
James Conway

Please Note: Note: this is a 40 minute talk.

We will explore the notion of surgery on transverse knots in contact 3-manifolds. We will see situations when this operation does or does not preserves properties of the original contact structure, and avenues for further research.