Dynamical Systems Seminar

Ahmad RafiqiCornell University
The Thurston norm

Friday, February 13, 2015 - 1:30pm
Malott 224

We will give the definition of Thurston's Norm on the homology of 3-manifolds, and talk about why the unit ball is polyhedral, and what does the norm say about when the 3-manifold fibers over the circle. We will talk about some examples, and if time permits give proofs.