Three-Dimensional Contact Topology

Department: 
MATH
Course Number: 
8803-ETN
Hours - Lecture: 
3
Hours - Total Credit: 
3
Typical Scheduling: 
Not Regularly Scheduled

Contact structures on 3-manifolds have become a central part of low-dimensional topology. This course will discuss several techniques to study contact structures with a focus on convex surface theory. We will show how to classify contact structures on certain 3-manifolds and how to study special knots inside contact 3-manifolds.

Prerequisites: 

The only prerequisites for the course are graduate Differential Topology and Algebraic Topology.

Course Text: 

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