School of Technology and Computer Science

Classification of Closed Surfaces

Speaker:
Sanjay Kumar Singh School of Mathematics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road Mumbai 40000
Date:
Friday, 24 Jul 2009 (all day)
Venue:
A-212 (STCS Seminar Room)
Category:
Seminar
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Abstract
The classification theorem of closed surfaces states that any closed surface is homomorphic to some member of one of these three families:

1. the sphere
2. the connected sum of n tori
3. the connected sum of k real projective planes