Introduction to the Generalized Poincaré Conjecture

Title: "Introduction to the Generalized Poincaré Conjecture"

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Markus Banagl (University of Heidelberg)

Language: English

Time and Place: On Friday July 15 2002 at 3:30 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Mathematikon

Content: The generalized Poincaré conjecture aims for recognizing a sphere based on certain local and global assumptions on a space: It should locally be modelled on n-dimensional Euclidean space, it should be compact, simply connected and have the homology of an n-dimensional sphere. We will give a first introduction to these questions and, after sketching the genesis of the conjecture, focus on the influential topological methods that lead to a proof in high dimensions.

Target Audience: Students of Mathematics, academics, and the mathematically interested public

Organizers: Mathematical Institute, STRUCTURES, and GeoDyn