Department of Mathematics

Speaker: Rachel Roberts
Title: Open Book Decompositions of 3-Manifolds
Affiliation: Washington University
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010
Place and Time: Room 101, Love Building, 3:35-4:30 pm
Refreshments: Room 204, Love Building, 3:00 pm

Abstract. I will define open book decompositions and survey the interplay between open books, foliations and contact structures in 3-manifolds.