Rachel Roberts
An introduction to taut foliations in 3-manifolds
Abstract: This minicourse will be an introduction to taut foliations. We will introduce taut codimension-one foliations and their usefulness in understanding 3-manifolds. Topics will include the work of Gabai and Thurston relating minimal genus of surfaces to foliations, an assortment of constructions of taut foliations, the work of Eliashberg and Thurston relating taut foliations and contact structures, and the work of Ozsváth and Szabó on the contact class associated to a taut foliation.
