Tuesday, January 20, 2015
4:00 PM -
5:15 PM
Charles R. Deprima Memorial Undergraduate Mathematics Lecture
Poincare's work on Topology
David Gabai,
Chair, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Princeton University,
Speaker's Bio:
David Gabai is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Mathematics at the Princeton University and is one of the world's most distinguished topologists. In particular, he made many fundamental contributions to 3-dimensionaltopology and geometry. He is a recipient of many honors including the Clay Research Award and the Veblen Prize. David is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
David Gabai is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Mathematics at the Princeton University and is one of the world's most distinguished topologists. In particular, he made many fundamental contributions to 3-dimensionaltopology and geometry. He is a recipient of many honors including the Clay Research Award and the Veblen Prize. David is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
We start by surveying the state of topology pre-Poincare and then discuss some of Poincare's remarkable seminal and fundamental contributions to topology during the period 1892-1912. We indicate their huge impact on subsequent research as well as some open problems flowing from it.
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