Younes El Maamoun Benyahia

PhD Student in Mathematics

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Younes Younes

Math Research:

I am a third year PhD student in the Geometry group at Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Rafael Torres.
In general, I am interested in constructing 4-manifolds. I also like constructing exotic surfaces with various properties, this can be quite similar to constructing 4-manifolds since the surfaces in question are belt spheres of surgeries. These preprints give an idea:

  • A recipe for exotic 2-links in closed 4-manifolds whose components are topological unknots. With Bais, Malech and Torres.
  • Exotically knotted 2-spheres and the fundamental groups of their complements.
  • Here you can find my CV.

    Math Non-Research:

    In 2016 and in 2017 I participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad. Since 2021, I volunteer in the Algerian Olympiad training. In July 2023, I was an Observer A at the IMO in Japan.
    In April 2023, together with Mohamed Alaa Eddine Boukholkhal, I organized the Pure Math Open Days for the first year university students in Algeria.

    Non-Math:

  • I like to do bike rides and sometimes trekking.
  • How to wear the PoincarĂ© Homology Sphere.