- Series
- Geometry Topology Student Seminar
- Time
- Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 2:05pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
- Location
- Skiles 006
- Speaker
- Shane Scott – GaTech
- Organizer
- Shane Scott
The genus of a knot can be thought of as a measure of complexity for a 3 dimensional knot compliment. This notion can be extended to compact 3 manifolds by defining a norm on the second homology group with real coefficients measuring the Euler characteristic of embedded surfaces.