SeminarUpcomingApplied Mathematics

CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture: Robert Gompf

Schedule
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
13:00 UTC
Robert E. Gompf

Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (CMSA)

Host: Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (CMSA)

Event Information

Host

Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (CMSA)

Abstract

Robert E. Gompf (University of Texas, Austin) lectures on 'On classifying smoothings of R^4 - from the beginning to the present', tracing how 4-manifold topology emerged from the breakthroughs of Freedman and Donaldson and how Euclidean 4-space admits exotic smoothings that resist classification by countable numerical invariants.

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