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Heegaard Splittings of Compact 3-Manifolds

Student-Run Geometry/Topology Seminar

Speaker: Mark Junod, UC Davis
Location: 1147 MSB
Start time: Tue, Mar 1 2011, 12:10PM

This will be an introductory talk on Heegaard splittings. We'll start with what they are, a couple ways of constructing them, and some examples. The talk will also cover structures on Heegaard splittings, connections to group presentations, and the stabilization problem as time permits.