The Arc Complex and Open Book Decompositions

Series
Geometry Topology Student Seminar
Time
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 1:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Meredith Casey – Georgia Tech
Organizer
Meredith Casey
This is an expository talk on the arc complex and translation distance of open book decompositions. We will discuss curve complexes, arc complex, open books, and finally the application to contact manifolds.