Symplectic Fillings of Contact Manifolds and Contact Convexity

Explore a 53-minute lecture from Stanford University's Professor Yakov Eliashberg examining recent developments in contact convexity and their implications for Stein fillings of contact manifolds. Delve into groundbreaking research by Honda-Huang, Pancholi, Chaidez, and Eliashberg that reveals an unexpectedly large number of Stein fillings in contact manifolds. Learn about the fundamental constructions behind these discoveries and engage with current open problems in the field of symplectic geometry and contact manifolds.