Hot Topics: Contact Structures, Dynamics and the Seiberg-Witten Equations in Dimension 3
Month: June 2008
Date: June 9--13
Name: Hot Topics: Contact Structures, Dynamics and the Seiberg-Witten Equations in Dimension 3
Location: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California.
Description
This workshop will concentrate on recently discovered relationships between Seiberg-Witten theory and contact geometry on 3-dimensional manifolds. One consequence of these relationships is a proof of the Weinstein conjecture in dimension 3. Another is an isomorphism between the Seiberg-Witten Floer (co)homology and embedded contact homology, the latter a form of Floer homology that was defined by Michael Hutchings. The overarching plan is to introduce the salient features of both the contact geometry side of the story and the Seiberg-Witten side, and then discuss how they are related.
Information
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/461/show_workshop