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Geometry-Topology Seminar

Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 5:45pm

Jen Hom

Columbia University

Location

University of Pennsylvania

DRL 4C8

Joint meeting with Temple, Bryn Mawr and Haverford ... second of two talks.

Using Taubes' periodic ends theorem, Auckly gave examples of toroidal and hyperbolic irreducible integer homology spheres which are not surgery on a knot in the three-sphere. We give an obstruction to a homology sphere being surgery on a knot coming from Heegaard Floer homology. This is used to construct infinitely many small Seifert fibered examples. This is joint work with Cagri Karakurt and Tye Lidman.