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We meet on Fridays 4:00-6:00 in Fine Hall 1001.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 19, 2025 | John | Introduction to mapping class groups of surfaces | [FM] |
| September 26, 2025 | Evan | Introduction to hyperbolic manifolds | Notes, [FM], [La], [Fr], [Ri], [BZH], [Sa] |
| October 03, 2025 | Gheehyun | How to build hyperbolic 3-manifolds Part 1 | [Ma, Chapter 14] |
| October 10, 2025 | Lily | Introduction to flows | |
| October 13-17, 2025 | No talk (fall break) | ||
| October 24, 2025 | Fiona | More on hyperbolic geometry | |
| October 31, 2025 | Kenta | TBD | |
| November 07, 2025 | Jessica | TBD |
[FM] Benson Farb, Dan Margalit, A Primer on Mapping Class Groups
[La] Marc Lackenby, Notes on Hyperbolic manifolds
[Fr] George K. Francis, A Topological Picturebook
[Ri] Robert Riley, A quadratic parabolic group
[BZH] Gerhard Burde, Heiner Zieschang, Michael Heusener, Knots
[Sa] Nikolai Saveliev, Lectures on the Topology of 3-Manifolds
[Ma] Bruno Martelli, An Introduction to Geometric Topology