R440, Astronomy-Mathematics Building, NTU
(台灣大學天文數學館 440室)
The classification of manifolds and the Borel conjecture
Stanley S. Chang (Wellesley College)
Abstract:
One of the famous unsolved problems in topology is the Borel conjecture, which states that all closed aspherical manifolds are topological rigid. This talk will describe the progress made in the Borel conjecture and its variants.
