Intro to Branched Covers

Series
Geometry Topology Working Seminar
Time
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 2:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 269
Speaker
Meredith Casey – Georgia Tech
Organizer
Meredith Casey
Exact Topic TBA. Talk will be a general survery of branched covers, possibly including covers from the algebraic geometry perspective. In addition we will look at branched coveres in higher dimensions, in the contact world, and my current research interests. This talk will be a general survery, so very little background is assumed.