Primary Recipient

RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Amount

$110,096.00

Award Date

7/02/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Through their connection with mapping class groups, Lefschetz fibrations and related structures on 4-manifolds provide a group-theoretic means for studying symplectic and near-symplectic 4-manifolds. This project will use Lefschetz fibrations in conjuncti