Open book foliation and fractional Dehn twist coefficient

Series
Geometry Topology Seminar
Time
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 2:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Keiko Kawamuro – University of Iowa
Organizer
John Etnyre
The fractional Dehn twist coefficient (FDTC), defined by Honda-Kazez-Matic, is an invariant of mapping classes. In this talk we study properties of FDTC by using open book foliation method, then obtain results in geometry and contact geometry of the open-book-manifold of a mapping class. This is joint work with Tetsuya Ito.