Lefschetz fibrations on compact Stein surfaces
Speaker:
S. Akbulut, Michigan State University
Date and Time:
Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
The Fields Institute
Abstract:
I will talk on my recent work with B. Ozbagci. I will give a topological proof of the fact that a compact Stein manifold is nothing more than a Lefschetz fibration over a disk with bounded fibers, and give a natural topological method of compactifying Stein manifolds to Symplectic manifolds, and discuss its consequences.