Triangulations of 3-manifoldsMPIM

by Tejas Deepak Kalelkar (IISER, Pune/MPIM)

Monday Apr 14, 2025, 2:20 PM → 2:35 PM Europe/Berlin

MPIM, Vivatsgasse, 7 - Lecture Hall (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics)

MPIM Topology Seminar

Every 3-dimensional manifold has a triangulation. But recognising a manifold from its triangulation is a tough problem. I will talk about the computational complexity of this problem and about techniques to relate triangulations which have special properties.