MSRI Evans Lecture Series: "Slicing and surgery"
Mon, March 29, 2010 4:10PM - 5:00PM
| Time: | 4:10PM - 5:00PM |
| Location: | 60 Evans Hall, University of California, Berkeley |
| Speakers: | Jacob Rasmussen, Jacob Rasmussen |
| Abstract: | I'll introduce two classical problems in low dimensional topology: finding rational knots which are slice and finding knots in the solid torus with solid tours surgeries. Then I'll explain why these two problems are actually one and the same. |