Manifold Atlas:Workshops 2010-11

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Over a period of usually two days, we introduce the Atlas to participants and then sit together to discuss manifolds and related topics and to write on the Atlas.
Over a period of usually two days, we introduce the Atlas to participants and then sit together to discuss manifolds and related topics and to write on the Atlas.
Below is a summary of the writing workshops to date:
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Below is a summary of the writing workshops from 2010 and 2011:
== Münster June 2010 ==
== Münster June 2010 ==
The first Atlas workshop was hosted by the [http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/reine/inst/lueck/group.html Lück topology group] in Muenser, June 07 & 08.
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The first Atlas workshop was hosted by the [http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/reine/u/topos/ topology group] in Münster, June 07 & 08.
Participants:
Participants:
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Pages worked on during the workshop:
Pages worked on during the workshop:
* [[Aspherical manifolds]], [[Curvature properties of exotic spheres]], [[Dirac operators]], [[Simplicial volume]], [[Lens spaces]], [[Fake lens spaces]], [[rho-invariant]], [[Fake complex projective spaces]], [[Manifolds with singularities]] [[3-manifolds]], [[Foliations]], [[Geometric 3-manifolds]], [[Classifying spaces for families of subgroups]], [[Intersection forms]], [[4-manifolds: 1-connected]], [[Links of singular points of complex hypersurfaces]], [[Surgery obstruction groups]].
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* [[Aspherical manifolds]], [[Curvature properties of exotic spheres]], [[Dirac operators]], [[Simplicial volume]], [[Lens spaces]], [[Fake lens spaces]], [[rho-invariant]], [[Fake complex projective spaces]], [[Manifolds with singularities]] [[3-manifolds]], [[Foliations]], [[Geometric 3-manifolds]], [[Classifying spaces for families of subgroups]], [[Intersection form]], [[4-manifolds: 1-connected]], [[Links of singular points of complex hypersurfaces]], [[Surgery obstruction groups]].
== Będlewo November 2010 ==
== Będlewo November 2010 ==
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== Bonn December 2010 ==
== Bonn December 2010 ==
From December 13th - 15th, there was a focused meeting at the [http://www.him.uni-bonn.de/ HIM].
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From December 13th - 15th, there was a focused meeting about aspects of the [[:Category:History|history of manifolds]] at the [http://www.him.uni-bonn.de/ HIM].
Participants:
Participants:
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Pages worked on during or following the meeting:
Pages worked on during or following the meeting:
* [[Axiomatization of the manifold concept]], [[Bott periodicity and exotic spheres: some comments]], [[Selected publications in manifold theory]], [[Lens spaces: a history]], [[Poincaré’s homology sphere]], [[Projective plane: a history]] and [[Poincaré's cube manifolds]].
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* [[Axiomatization of the manifold concept]], [[Bott periodicity and exotic spheres: some comments]], [[Selected publications in manifold theory]], [[Lens spaces: a history]], [[Poincaré's homology sphere]], [[Projective plane: a history]] and [[Poincaré's cube manifolds]].
At the end of the meeting, [[User:Gray|Jeremy Gray]] joined the [[Manifold Atlas:Editorial Board|editorial board]].
At the end of the meeting, [[User:Gray|Jeremy Gray]] joined the [[Manifold Atlas:Editorial Board|editorial board]].
== Bonn March & April 2011 ==
== Bonn March & April 2011 ==
On Thursday March 31st and Friday April 1st we are planning to hold the 4th Manifold Atlas writers workshop.
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4th Manifold Atlas writers workshop: Thursday March 31st and Friday April 1st at the HIM
PROGRAM:
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Participants:
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* [[User:Anna Abczynski|Anna Abczynski]], [[User:Martin Olbermann|Martin Olbermann]], [[User:Arturo Prat-Waldron|Arturo Prat-Waldron]], [[User:Tibor Macko|Tibor Macko]], [[User:Haggai Tene|Haggai Tene]], [[User:Matthias Kreck|Matthias Kreck]] and [[User:Diarmuid Crowley|Diarmuid Crowley]].
Thursday 31.03.11
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* 9.30 - 10.15 Introduction: orientation session for writing in the Atlas
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* 10.15 - 10.30 Morning Tea
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* 10.30 - 12.30 Writing session I
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* 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
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* 14.00 - 14.45 Lecture: Diarmuid Crowley: "An incomplete overview of classification results and problems for high dimensional manifolds"
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* 14.45 - 15.00 Afternoon tea
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* 15.00 - 16.45 Writing session II
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* 16.45 - 17.15 Discussion and feedback session
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*18.30 Workshop dinner
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Pages worked on during the workshop:
Friday 01.04.11
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* [[Fake lens spaces]], [[Steenrod problem]], [[Pin structures]], [[Milnor sphere]], [[Kervaire sphere]], [[Plumbing]], [[Stable classification of 4-manifolds]] and [[Thickenings]].
* 9.30 - 10.15 Writing Session III
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* 10.15 - 10.30 Morning tea
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* 10.30 - 12.30 Writing Session III continued
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* 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
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* 14.00 - 16.30 Writing Session IV
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If you would like to attend for one or both days, please send a short email to [mailto:{{adminemail}} Diarmuid Crowley] containing the following information:
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[[Category:Meetings]]
# the dates you plan to attend,
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# whether you will bring your own lap-top - and if yes, whether the laptop is wireless enabled,
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# a topic or topics you are thinking of writing about (optional),
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# if you would like to attend the workshop dinner.
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Latest revision as of 10:37, 13 May 2013

An Atlas writing workshop is a sort of hackathon for topologists.

Over a period of usually two days, we introduce the Atlas to participants and then sit together to discuss manifolds and related topics and to write on the Atlas.

Below is a summary of the writing workshops from 2010 and 2011:

Contents

1 Münster June 2010

The first Atlas workshop was hosted by the topology group in Münster, June 07 & 08.

Participants:

Pages worked on during the workshop:

2 Będlewo November 2010

The second Atlas writers workshop took place in Będlewo: the local organiser were Tadeusz Januszkiewicz and Krzysztof Pawałowski.

Participants:

Pages worked on during and after the workshop:

3 Bonn December 2010

From December 13th - 15th, there was a focused meeting about aspects of the history of manifolds at the HIM.

Participants:

Pages worked on during or following the meeting:

At the end of the meeting, Jeremy Gray joined the editorial board.

4 Bonn March & April 2011

4th Manifold Atlas writers workshop: Thursday March 31st and Friday April 1st at the HIM

Participants:

Pages worked on during the workshop:

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