| Topology/geometry seminar schedule for Winter 2002 |
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| Date | Speaker | Title/Notes |
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| January 7 |
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| January 14 |
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University |
p-modular TQFT, symplectic representation theory, and the
Casson-Lescop invariant
Abstract. |
| January 21 |
Fernando Souza, University of Waterloo |
Hopf-algebra objects and 3-manifolds
Abstract. |
| January 28 |
Jeongwook Chang, KAIST |
Spectral geometry of harmonic maps into warped product
manifolds. |
| February 4 |
Erik Pedersen, Binghamton University |
Squeezing. |
| February 11 |
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| February 18 |
Nobody |
Winter Break |
| February 25, 4:30 PM |
Tom Leness, Florida International University
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SO(3) monopoles: The space of global splicing data.
Abstract. |
| March 4 |
Kimberly Pearson, Valparaiso University |
The Gromov-Lawson-Rosenberg conjecture for Fuchsian groups |
| March 11 |
Liviu Nicolaescu, Notre Dame University |
Seiberg-Witten invariants of rational homology 3-spheres
Abstract. |
| March 18 |
Stanislav Jabuka, Michigan State University |
Grafting Seiberg-Witten monopoles |
| March 25, 3:00 pm, room GS/209 |
Special Colloquium: Paul Rabinowitz, University of
Wisconsin |
Spatial heteroclinics for a class of semilinear elliptic PDEs |
| March 25, 4:00 PM |
Steve Lillywhite, University of Toronto |
Equivariant Formality.
Abstract. |
| Tuesday, March 26, 4:00 pm |
Ramin Mohammadalikhani, University of Toronto |
Cohomology rings of symplectic reductions by circle actions
Abstract. |
| April 1 |
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| April 8 |
Saso Strle, McMaster |
More on Bauer and Furuta's Cohomotopy Seiberg-Witten invariant.
(Not an independent talk, but a continuation of March 26th's
reading seminar.) |
April 15, GS/218 |
Jeff Viaclovsky, MIT |
Some fully nonlinear equations in conformal geometry. |