mercoledi' 02-11-2005 (15:00) - Sala Seminari Paolo Lisca (Dip. di Matematica-Pisa) : 2-bridge knots and the ribbon conjecture

Abstract:The long-standing ribbon conjecture states that a smoothly slice knot in the 3-sphere is ribbon. I will describe a proof of the ribbon conjecture for the special class of 2-bridge knots.

Giulia Curciarello Segreteria Didattica tel: 050-2213219 e-mail curciare@dm.unipi.it

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