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Computation in geometric topology: SnapPy, a program for studying the topology and geometry of 3-manifolds February 13, 2026 (11:00 AM PST - 12:00 PM PST)
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Location: SLMath: Baker Board Room, Online/Virtual
Speaker(s) Nathan Dunfield (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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For the first half-hour, I will give a tutorial on how to use the SnapPy program (https://snappy.computop.org/), a tool for understanding the topology of 3-manifolds with a focus on their hyperbolic geometry.  I will include some of the recent features related to knot concordance and verified length spectrum.   The second half-hour will be a combination of a question-answer session and a software installation party (bring your laptop if desired).

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