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Tuesday Seminar on Topology
Seminar information archive ～05/15｜Next seminar｜Future seminars 05/16～
| Date, time & place | Tuesday 17:00 - 18:30 056Room #056 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.) |
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| Organizer(s) | KAWAZUMI Nariya, KITAYAMA Takahiro, SAKASAI Takuya |
Seminar information archive
2006/05/16
17:00-18:30 Room #056 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
Laurentiu Maxim (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Fundamental groups of complements to complex hypersurfaces
Laurentiu Maxim (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Fundamental groups of complements to complex hypersurfaces
[ Abstract ]
I will survey various Alexander-type invariants of hypersurface complements, with an emphasis on obstructions on the type of groups that can arise as fundamental groups of complements to affine hypersurfaces.
I will survey various Alexander-type invariants of hypersurface complements, with an emphasis on obstructions on the type of groups that can arise as fundamental groups of complements to affine hypersurfaces.
2006/04/25
16:30-18:00 Room #056 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
合田 洋 (東京農工大学)
Counting closed orbits and flow lines via Heegaard splittings
合田 洋 (東京農工大学)
Counting closed orbits and flow lines via Heegaard splittings
[ Abstract ]
Let K be a fibred knot in the 3-sphere. It is known that the Alexander polynomial of K is essentially equal to a Lefschetz zeta function obtained from the monodromy map of the fibre structure. In this talk, we discuss the non-fibred knot case. We introduce "monodromy matrix" by making use of Heegaard splitting for sutured manifolds of a knot K, and then observe a method of counting closed orbits and flow lines, which gives the Alexander polynomial of K. This observation is based on works of Donaldson and Mark. (joint work with Hiroshi Matsuda and Andrei Pajitnov)
Let K be a fibred knot in the 3-sphere. It is known that the Alexander polynomial of K is essentially equal to a Lefschetz zeta function obtained from the monodromy map of the fibre structure. In this talk, we discuss the non-fibred knot case. We introduce "monodromy matrix" by making use of Heegaard splitting for sutured manifolds of a knot K, and then observe a method of counting closed orbits and flow lines, which gives the Alexander polynomial of K. This observation is based on works of Donaldson and Mark. (joint work with Hiroshi Matsuda and Andrei Pajitnov)
2006/04/18
16:30-18:00 Room #056 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
Vladimir Turaev (Univ. Louis Pasteur Strasbourg)
Topology of words
Vladimir Turaev (Univ. Louis Pasteur Strasbourg)
Topology of words
[ Abstract ]
There is a parallel between words, defined as finite sequences of letters, and curves on surfaces. This allows to treat words as geometric objects and to analyze them using techniques from low-dimensional topology. I will discuss basic ideas in this direction and the resulting topological invariants of words.
There is a parallel between words, defined as finite sequences of letters, and curves on surfaces. This allows to treat words as geometric objects and to analyze them using techniques from low-dimensional topology. I will discuss basic ideas in this direction and the resulting topological invariants of words.
2006/04/11
16:30-18:00 Room #056 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
Martin Arkowitz (Dartmouth College)
Homotopy actions, cyclic maps and their Eckmann-Hilton duals.
Martin Arkowitz (Dartmouth College)
Homotopy actions, cyclic maps and their Eckmann-Hilton duals.
[ Abstract ]
We study the homotopy action of a based space A on a based space X. The resulting map A--->X is called cyclic. We classify actions on an H-space which are compatible with the H-structure. In the dual case we study coactions X--->X v B and the resulting cocyclic map X--->B. We relate the cocyclicity of a map to the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of the map.
We study the homotopy action of a based space A on a based space X. The resulting map A--->X is called cyclic. We classify actions on an H-space which are compatible with the H-structure. In the dual case we study coactions X--->X v B and the resulting cocyclic map X--->B. We relate the cocyclicity of a map to the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of the map.
