The virtual fibering conjecture

Seminar: 
Whittemore Lectures
Event time: 
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 11:15am to 12:15pm
Location: 
220 DL
Speaker: 
Ian Agol
Speaker affiliation: 
UC Berkeley and IAS
Event description: 

These lectures will discuss the virtual fibering conjecture and related questions.

The first lecture will give an overview, describing some 3-manifold topology, and stating the virtual fibering conjecture. We’ll give an indication of the techniques used to prove it.