Special Joint IAS/Princeton University Symplectic Geometry Seminar

Non-standard Contact Structures on Spheres and Applications

In this talk, I will describe the construction of contact structures on higher-dimensional spheres with exotic fillability properties. These can then me implemented on more general manifolds via connected sum, yielding a host of exotic higher-dimensional contact phenomena. Joint work with Jonathan Bowden, Fabio Gironella and Zhengyi Zhou.

Date & Time

February 13, 2023 | 9:45am – 10:45am

Location

Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

Affiliation

Member, School of Mathematics