Jan 9, JST 10:00-11:00, Francesco Lin (Columbia University) -> KTGU SPECIAL WEEKS
Jan 10, JST 10:00-11:00, Nobuhiro Nakamura (Fukushima Medical University)
Title: Conjectures on inequalities of 10/8-type
Abstract: We will explain several conjectures proposed by Tsuyoshi Kato which state that inequalities of 10/8-type on $L^2$-Betti numbers, Euler characteristics and signatures hold for compact spin 4-manifolds with infinite fundamental groups.
There are three versions of conjectures: covering version, aspherical version and non-negative Ricci version, which are verified to be true for some special cases.
We hope that we can also mention the extensions of these conjectures to the case of spin 4-manifolds with boundary.
Jan 11, JST 10:00-11:00, Francesco Lin (Columbia University) -> KTGU SPECIAL WEEKS
Jan 12, JST 10:00-11:00, Masaki Taniguchi (Kyoto University)
Title: Monopoles and Transverse Knots
Abstract: We develop a framework to study transverse knots and symplectic surfaces using the Seiberg-Witten monopole equation. Our primary approach involves an examination of an equivariant Seiberg-Witten theory introduced by Baraglia-Hekmati on branched covers, incorporating invariant contact/symplectic structures. Within this framework, we introduce a new slice torus invariant, derived from the equivariant Seiberg-Witten theory.
Leveraging the properties of the invariant, we establish an adjunction equality for immersed symplectic surfaces in certain symplectic fillings. As an application of this kind of discussion, we give some constrains of homology classes of symplectic surfaces. This is joint work with Nobuo Iida.