Torsion invariants of 3-manifolds
Author:
Vladimir Turayev
Date:
Mon, Jan 20, 2003
Location:
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Conference:
PIMS Distinguished Chair Lectures
Abstract:
This series of six lectures is intended for a general audience. The aim of the lectures is to survey the theory of torsions of 3-dimensional manifolds. The torsions were introduced by Kurt Reidemeister in 1935 to give a topological classification of lens spaces. Recent interest in torsions is due to their connections with the Seiberg-Witten invariants of 4-manifolds and the Floer-type homology of 3-manifolds. The lectures will cover the above topics.
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