Geometry Seminar

Fillability of Contact Structures on the 3-manifolds obtained by surgeries on the trefoil knot

Nur Saglam, University of Georgia

Friday, October 27th, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Zoom link: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/94706402472

Let M be the 3-manifold obtained by r-surgery on the right handed trefoil knot. Classification of contact structures on such manifolds have been mostly understood for r\geq 1 and r=0. Etnyre-Min-Tosun has an upcoming work on the classification of the tight contact structures for all r. The fillability of contact structures on M is mostly understood if r is not between 0 and 1/2. In this talk, we will discuss the fillability of the contact structures M for 0<r<1/2. How many contact structures does M admit? How many of them are strongly fillable but not Stein fillable? This is a joint work with J. Etnyre.

Event contact: shozoori at ur dot rochester dot edu