Geometry and Topology Seminar: "Reeb flows transverse to foliations"
Speaker: Jonathan Zung, Princeton University
Abstract: Eliashberg and Thurston showed that (almost all) C^2 taut foliations on 3-manifolds can be approximated by tight contact structures. I will explain a new approach to this theorem which allows one to control the resulting Reeb flow and hence produce many hypertight contact structures. Along the way, I will explain how harmonic transverse measures may be used to understand the holonomy of foliations.
Host: Michael Landry