Connected sum formula of embedded contact homology

Series
Geometry Topology Seminar
Time
Monday, April 4, 2022 - 2:00pm for
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Luya Wang – University of California, Berkeley – https://math.berkeley.edu/~luyawang/
Organizer
Anubhav Mukherjee

The contact connected sum is a well-understood operation for contact manifolds. I will discuss work in progress on how pseudo-holomorphic curves behave in the symplectization of the 3-dimensional contact connected sum, and as a result the connected sum formula of embedded contact homology.