Title: Foliations, laminations and branched surfaces in 3-manifolds

Tao Li  (Oklahoma State U.)

Friday, February 6 at 11am in Mathematics 507.

Abstract:

We will give a survey of geometric methods used in the theory of foliations and laminations in 3-manifolds and their connection with 3-manifold topology and knot theory. We will also discuss the proof of some recent theorems and open questions.