Knot concordance: Fifty Years since Fox and Milnor
Month: June 2008
Date: June 2--5
Name: Knot concordance: Fifty Years since Fox and Milnor
Location: Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.
Description
Fifty years ago, in a 1957 research announcement for the summer AMS meeting, R. H. Fox and J. Milnor, began their influential collaboration with the title, "Singularities of 2-spheres in 4-space and equivalence of knots." Here they introduced the seminal idea that the concordance class of the link of a singularity obstructs its removal. Both concordance of knots, and the motivating goal of understanding singularities remain central to topology and algebraic geometry. A conference is being held to bring together a variety of researchers and students in geometric topology whose work connects to this fundamental idea. The conference will also honor the memory of Jerry Levine, a pioneer and key contributor to the field.
Financial Support
We anticipate financial support from the NSF, and in particular expect to offer partial support to recent Ph.D.s and graduate students. To request support, please click the appropriate box on the registration page.
Information
e-mail: ruberman@brandeis.edu; http://www.math.brandeis.edu/knot-conference.html.