GEOMETRY
TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

“Topology of
Non-simply connected Locally Conformally Flat 4-Manifolds”

by

MUSTAFA
KALAFAT

(METU
& University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Abstract: We construct handlebody
diagrams of families of non-simply connected Locally Conformally Flat(LCF) 4-manifolds realizing rich topological types,
which are obtained from conformal compactifications of the 3-manifolds, that
are built from the Panelled Web Groups. These manifolds have strictly negative
scalar curvature and the underlying topological 4-manifolds do not admit any
Einstein metrics. This is a joint work with S. Akbulut.

Date : October 4, 2010 (Monday)

Time : 13.40-14.30

Place: Bilkent, Mathematics Seminar Room SA-141