Hyperbolic 3-manifolds Admitting No Fillable Contact Structures

Date: 
Wednesday, 16 December, 2015 - 15:00 - 16:00
Venue: 
LSB 222
Seminar Type: 
Seminar
Speaker Name: 
Prof. Youlin LI
Affiliation: 
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Abstract: 

Using the correction terms in Heegaard Floer theory, we find infinite examples of hyperbolic 3-manifolds that admit no weakly symplectically fillable contact structures. This is joint work with Yajing Liu.