Seifert fibred higher knot surgery

Jim Howie (Heriot-Watt University)

Monday 16th February, 2015 16:00-17:00 Maths 204

Abstract

If the manifold obtained by surgery on a higher knot admits a Seifert fibration onto a 2-orbifold,
then only restricted 2-orbifolds can arise. I will report on joint work with Jonathan Hillman on
this, and relate it to older work about Dehn surgery on classical knots.

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