| Topology/geometry seminar schedule for Fall 2002 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Title/Notes |
| September 9 at 2:30pm | Liviu Mare, University of Toronto | Quantum cohomology of flag manifolds. Abstract |
| September 16 | Marianty Ionel, McMaster University | Special Lagrangian Submanifolds in C^m. Abstract |
| September 23 | David Rosenthal, McMaster University | Splitting with Continuous Control in Algebraic $K$-theory. Abstract |
| September 30 | Tolga Etgu, McMaster University | Symplectic structures on S^1 x M^3 and the fibrations of M over S^1. Abstract |
| October 7 | Mainak Poddar, Michigan State University | Chen-Ruan cohomology of mirror quintic. Abstract |
| October 14 | Thanksgiving Day | |
| Friday, October 18 at 2:30pm | Mikhail Khovanov, UC Davis | Knot homology. |
| October 21 | Aristide Tsemo | Affine manifolds and stacks. Abstract |
| October 28 | Marianty Ionel, McMaster University | Second Order Families of Special Lagrangian 4-folds in C^4. Abstract |
| November 4 | Andrew Nicas, McMaster University | Trace maps in algebraic topology. Abstract |
| November 11 | David Rosenthal, McMaster University | Splitting with Continuous Control in Algebraic $K$-theory, Part II. Abstract |
| November 18 | Alex Nabutowsky, University of Toronto | The shortest closed geodesic and stationary 1-cycles. Abstract |
| Tuesday, November 26 at 4:30pm | Tara Brendle, Cornell University | On the linearity question for mapping class groups. Abstract |
| December 2 | Brendan Owens, McMaster University | Floer homology of a surface times a circle using Bott-Morse theory. Abstract |