Anna Parlak (UC Davis)
Date
Friday September 13, 20242:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location
234 JEFFERY HALLEvent Category
Math & Stats Department Colloquium
Friday, September 13, 2024
Time: 2:30 p.m. Place: Jeffery Hall, Room 234
Speaker: Anna Parlak (UC Davis)
Title: Pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms and their suspension flows
Abstract: The most interesting homeomorphisms of surfaces are the ones that are pseudo-Anosov. They are characterized by the existence of a pair of singular foliations whose leaves are respectively stretched or contracted under the homeomorphism. In this talk, I will discuss the key properties of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms and their suspension flows on three-manifolds that fiber over the circle.