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Geometry and Topology seminar Wednesdays 2:30-3:45 (and some Mondays 2:30-3:45) |
The goal of this seminar is to allow Pioneer Valley geometers and topologists and outsiders ample time to discuss their current research and/or interests. The talks will contain background information for the non-experts, but also possibly some technical details. Audience interaction is strongly encouraged. It will not be unusual for the speaker to talk for several sessions.
| Spring 2009 | ||||
| ← Fall 2008 | Fall 2009 → | |||
| Date | Speaker | Title | ||
| February 17 |
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The fundamental group of symplectic manifolds with Hamiltonian Lie group actions | ||
| March 10 |
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Local Gromov-Witten Invariants of Spin Curves | ||
| March 24 |
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Flow categories, Dirac loop space, and Gromov's dreams | ||
| March 31 |
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Global Aspects of Integrable System Theory: part I | ||
| April 7 |
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Global Aspects of Integrable System Theory: part II | ||
| April 14 |
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Mapping Class Groups and Complexes of Arcs on Surfaces | ||
| April 28 |
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| May 5 |
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Smooth versus topological knotting of surfaces in 4-manifolds | ||