"From Dimension 2 to 3 and Back Again" | Department of Mathematics

Bi-College Math Colloquium

Monday, November 13, 2023 - 4:30pm

Dr. Marissa Loving

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Location

Bryn Mawr College

Park Science Building, Room 338

An informal reception will take place at 4:15 p.m. in the Math Lounge, Park Science Building, Room 361.

In this talk I’ll begin by telling a little bit of Thurston’s beautiful story connecting the dynamics of finite-type surface homeomorphisms with the geometry of 3-manifolds. I will then share some more recent work of myself and others which connect the dynamics of infinite-type surface homeomorphisms with the geometry of 3-manifolds. My aim is for the talk to be accessible to a broad audience with many illustrations to help us build our intuition without getting too far into the technical weeds.

"From Dimension 2 to 3 and Back Again"

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How to get to Penn's Mathematics Department

The Mathematics Department Office is located on the fourth (top) floor of David Rittenhouse Laboratory ("DRL"). The building is at 209 South 33rd Street (the Southeast corner of 33rd. and Walnut Streets). Note 33rd Street runs one way north while Walnut runs one way west.

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SEPTA [Skookul]
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Maps and Directions

We are about a 15 minute walk from the main 30th Street Station and 5 minutes from the University City Rail Station at 32nd and Spruce (=South Street & Convention Avenue). Coming from the airport by train (about 15 minutes): the University City Rail Station is the second stop after you leave the airport.

If you drive, the most convenient public parking is in the pay lot whose entrance is on 34th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets.