Brandeis-Harvard-MIT-Northeastern

JOINT MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM


 
4-manifolds, big and small

 

Ronald Stern

University of California, Irvine
 

Harvard University

Thursday, April 17, 2008


 

Talk at 4:30 p.m. in Science Center D

Tea at 4:00 p.m. in the Math Lounge


 
 

Abstract:   We will discuss what we know and do not know about the wild and still open conjecture that all smooth 4-manifolds have infinitely many distinct smooth structures.


 

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Posted: March 20, 2008    URL: http://www.math.neu.edu/bhmn/stern08.html