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Talk_id	Date	Speaker	Title
26970	Wednesday 1/27 4:00 PM	Keshav Sutrave, Michigan State University	An intro to Riemann surfaces: What your complex analysis prof. doesn’t want you to know New Window Student Geometry/Topology Speaker: Keshav Sutrave, Michigan State University Title: An intro to Riemann surfaces: What your complex analysis prof. doesn’t want you to know Date: 01/27/2021 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Place: Contact: Danika Van Niel (vannield@msu.edu) Riemann surfaces blend together complex analysis, geometry, and topology (and then eventually connect to PDE’s, algebraic geometry & number theory, and probably everything else). I will only scratch the surface by introducing them, as well as the notions of branched covering, monodromy, and the Riemann-Hurwitz formula. Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/91485321701 Password: SGTS
28033	Wednesday 3/17 4:00 PM	Tristan Wells, Michigan State University	Crash Course on Handles and 4 Manifolds New Window Student Geometry/Topology Speaker: Tristan Wells, Michigan State University Title: Crash Course on Handles and 4 Manifolds Date: 03/17/2021 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Place: Contact: Danika Vanniel (vannield@msu.edu) Abstract: I will quickly introduce some background of 4 manifolds and their important characteristics, like the intersection form. Then I will roughly follow chapter 4 of Gompf and Stipsicz book on 4 manifolds, chapters 4 and 5, in formulating handle decompositions of 4 manifolds. After considering handle moves, I will then mention how this tool is useful in knot theory and surgery on 3 and 4 manifolds. https://msu.zoom.us/j/91485321701 Password: SGTS

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