26–27 Feb 2026
University of Graz
Europe/Vienna timezone

Real Algebraic Overtwisted Contact Structures on 3-Spheres

27 Feb 2026, 09:50
20m
SR 11.05

SR 11.05

Speaker

Şeyma Karadereli (Bogazici University)

Description

A real algebraic link in the 3-sphere is defined as the zero locus in the 3-sphere of a real algebraic function from $\mathbb{R}^4 \to \mathbb{R}^2$ with an isolated singularity at the origin. A real algebraic open book decomposition on
the 3-sphere is by definition the Milnor fibration of such a real algebraic function. In this talk, I will present our recent result which proves that every overtwisted contact structure on the 3-sphere with positive three-dimensional invariant $d_3$ are real algebraic with the
pages of the associated open books being planar.

Affiliation

Bogazici University

Author

Şeyma Karadereli (Bogazici University)

Co-author

Prof. Ferit Öztürk (Bogazici University)

Presentation materials