<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<br><div><br></div><div>Just a quick reminder about topology seminar today, see the copied message below for the link. See you there at 2:50!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Cary</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 10:48 AM Cary Malkiewich <<a href="mailto:malkiewich@math.binghamton.edu">malkiewich@math.binghamton.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<br><br>This week we are pleased to have Gabriel Islambouli (UC Davis) speaking about 4-manifolds, title and abstract below. As usual, the talk will be on Thursday at 2:50pm in WH 100E.<br><br>The speaker will be delivering the talk remotely, and we'll project it in WH 100E. In case you can't make it and would like to join remotely, you can join at the link:<br><br><a href="https://binghamton.zoom.us/j/94800072611" target="_blank">https://binghamton.zoom.us/j/94800072611</a><br><br>We'll make a call about seminar lunch depending on the weather.<div><br>Best,<br>Cary<br><br>=========================================<br>Title: Stable equivalence of smooth 4-manifolds described as sequences of handlebodies<div><div>Abstract: Following constructions of numerous authors, one can build a smooth 4-manifold from a loop of Morse functions on a surface, a loop in the cut complex, a loop in the pants complex, or from a multisection diagram. In this talk, we will discuss these constructions, as well as outline a stable equivalence theorem for these descriptions so that, for example, any two loops of Morse functions on a surface corresponding to the same smooth 4-manifold are related by a sequence of given operations.</div></div></div></div>
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