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| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | September 22 | Mehdi Lejmi University of Minnesota |
Extremal Kähler metrics Abstract |
September 29 | Gang Liu University of Minnesota |
"3-manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature" Abstract |
October 13 | Weiwei Wu University of Minnesota |
"On the homotopy type of symplectomorphism groups of non-compact symplectic manifolds" |
October 18 | Weiyi Zhang University of Michigan |
Negative curves on four dimensional almost complex manifolds |
October 21 (Friday, 2:30, VINCENT HALL 207) | Brian White Stanford University |
Densities of minimal cones |
October 27 | Mehdi Lejmi University of Minnesota |
Hermitian scalar curvature as a moment map |
November 3 | Zhongtao Wu Caltech |
Seifert fibered surgery Abstract |
November 10 | Bulent Tosun Georgia Tech |
" Legendrian and transverse knots in cabled knot types" Abstract |
November 15 | Daniel Ruberman Brandeis University |
An index theorem for end-periodic operators Abstract |
November 15 (Note Special Time: 2.30pm, 570 Vincent Hall) | Weimin Chen University of Massachusetts - Amherst |
Seiberg-Witten invariants of 3-orbifolds and non-Kähler surfaces |
November 24 | No Seminar - Thanksgiving |
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December 8 | Anar Akhmedov University of Minnesota |
"Symplectic Calabi-Yau 6-Manifolds" Abstract |
January 19 | Robert Lipshitz Columbia University |
Colloquium talk "What is Khovanov the homology of?" |
January 26 | Lan-Hsuan Huang Columbia University |
Colloquium talk "Positive mass theorems and scalar curvature problems" |
January 30 - February 1 |
Second Abel Conference:
A Mathematical Celebration of John Milnor |
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February 9 | Mehdi Lejmi University of Minnesota |
Deformations of extremal almost-Kähler metrics |
February 16 | Caner Koca Stony Brook University |
Weyl Energy and Kahler Metrics
Abstract |
February 23 | Gang Liu University of Minnesota |
Compact Kähler manifolds with nonpositive bisectional curvature |
March 8 | Weiwei Wu University of Minnesota |
Non-displaceable Lagrangian torus in semi-toric systems
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March 15 | No Seminar - Spring Break |
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March 29 | Gunter Uhlmann University of California Irvine / University of Washington |
Inverse Problems and Geometry
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April 5 | Mikio Furuta University of Tokyo |
Pontrjagin-Thom construction and non-linear Fredholm theory
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April 12 | Mikio Furuta University of Tokyo |
Refined Seiberg-Witten invariant
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April 17 | Zhiqin Lu University of California, Irvine |
Some new development of the normal scalar curvature inequality
Abstract |
April 24 | Mikio Furuta University of Tokyo |
Pin(2)-monopole equations |
April 26 | Josef Dorfmeister North Dakota State University |
CP^2 and GW-Invariants of Symplectic 4-Manifolds
Abstract |
May 3 | Daryl Cooper University of California, Santa Barbara |
On Convex Projective Manifolds and Cusps
Abstract |
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| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | September 23 | Weiwei Wu University of Minnesota |
"Lagrangian spheres, symplectic surfaces and
symplectic mapping class groups" Abstract |
September 30 | Ke Zhu University of Minnesota |
"Thick-thin decomposition of Floer trajectories and adiabatic gluing" |
October 7 | Siu-Cheong Lau Hongkong Chinese University/Wisconsin |
"SYZ mirror symmetry and open Gromov-Witten invariants of toric Calabi-Yau
manifolds" |
October 28 | Ovidiu Munteanu Columbia University |
"Gradient Ricci Solitons" Abstract |
November 4 | Giancarlo Urzua University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
"Arrangements of Riemann surfaces on complex surfaces" Abstract |
November 11 | John Etnyre Georgia Tech |
"Tightness in contact metric manifolds" Abstract |
November 25 | No Seminar - Thanksgiving |
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January 27 | Jonathan Williams UC Berkeley |
A Reidemeister-Singer theorem for surface diagrams of smooth four-manifolds Abstract |
February 1 | Li-Sheng Tseng Harvard University |
Cohomology on Symplectic Manifolds Abstract |
February 4 (FRIDAY) | Hau-tieng Wu Princeton University (Note Special Time: 1.25pm, 570 Vincent Hall) |
Vector Diffusion Maps and the Connection Laplacian Abstract |
February 10 | Sema Salur University of Rochester |
Manifolds with G_2 Holonomy and Contact Structures Abstract |
February 17 | Cagri Karakurt University of Texas |
Knot Floer Homology and Contact Surgeries Abstract |
February 24 | Sean Keel University of Texas |
Theta functions and Mirror symmetry for log Calabi-Yau Surfaces Abstract |
March 1 (ORDWAY LECTURES) | Jun Li Stanford University |
A new class of virtual classes and its applications I Abstract |
March 8 (ORDWAY LECTURES) | Jun Li Stanford University |
A new class of virtual classes and its applications II Abstract |
March 10 | Azer Akhmedov North Dakota State University |
On discrete subgroups of diffeomorphism groups of 1-manifolds Abstract |
March 18 | No Seminar - Spring Break |
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March 24 | Gang Liu University of Minnesota |
Kahler manifolds with Ricci curvature lower bound |
March 29 | Jaigyoung Choe Korean Institute for Advanced Study |
Higher dimensional versions of the Enneper surface, catenoid and helicoid Abstract |
March 31 | Jeremy Van-Horn Morris AIM |
Spinal Open Books and Symplectic Fillings Abstract |
April 7 | Albert Todd University of Rochester |
The Moduli Space of Asymptotically Cylindrical Special Lagrangian Submanifolds
Abstract |
April 21 | Ke Zhu University of Minnesota |
Thin instantons in G2-manifolds and
Seiberg-Witten invariants |
May 24 | Adriano Tomassini University of Parma |
On cohomological properties of almost-Kaehler structures |
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| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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| October 1 | Sai Kee Yeung Purdue University |
"Classification of fake projective planes and its applications in geometry and topology" |
October 8 | Anar Akhmedov University of Minnesota |
"The geography of symplectic 4-manifolds" Part I Abstract |
October 15 | Ren Guo University of Minnesota |
"Almost Fuchsian manifolds and Teichmuller distance" Abstract |
October 22 | Anar Akhmedov University of Minnesota |
"The geography of symplectic 4-manifolds" Part II Abstract |
November 5 | Ho, Chung-I University of Minnesota |
"Luttinger surgery and
Kodaira dimension" Abstract |
November 12 | Ke Zhu Hongkong Chinese University |
"Jet Evaluation Transversality of J-holomorphic Curves and Applications" |
November 20 (Friday, 3:35, VINCENT HALL 206) | Jon Wolfson Michigan State University |
"Remarks on a Geometric Flow" |
November 26 | No Seminar - Thanksgiving |
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December 3 | Guoyi Xu University of Minnesota |
"Short-time existence of the Ricci flow on noncompact Riemannian
manifolds" Abstract |
December 8 | Ludmil Katzarkov University of Miami |
"Spectrum of Categories and Applications to Symplectic Topology
" Abstract |
December 10 | Changyou Wang University of Kentucky |
"Analysis of Dirac-harmonic maps" Abstract |
January 28 | Gang Liu University of Minnesota |
On the local comparison theorem of volume for Kahler manifolds Abstract |
February 4 | Helen Wong Carleton College |
Kauffman Bracket Skein Algebras and Quantum Teichmuller
Space |
February 11 | Guoyi Xu University of Minnesota |
Harmonic mean curvature flow in Riemannian manifolds |
February 18 | No seminar this week |
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February 25 | No seminar this week |
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March 4 | Anar Akhmedov University of Minnesota |
Construction of exotic smooth structures Abstract |
March 11 | Mark Hovey Wesleyan University |
Twisted K-theory and Spin^c manifolds Abstract |
March 18 | Spring Break |
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March 25 | Josef Dorfmeister Leibniz University Hannover |
Minimality of
Symplectic Sums.
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March 30 | Sinem Celik Onaran MSRI |
Legendrian Knots in Contact Structures and Open Book Decompositions Abstract |
April 1 | Weiyi Zhang University of Minnesota |
Nakai-Moishezon Theorem and Donaldson's question for almost complex
structures on rational surfaces
Abstract |
April 8 | Selman Akbulut Michigan State University |
Cappell and Shaneson homotopy 4-spheres Abstract |
April 9 (Friday, 3:30, VINCENT HALL 313) | Selman Akbulut Michigan State University |
The Dolgachev surface Abstract |
April 15 | Adriano Tomassini University of Parma |
Some recent results in non-Kaehler geometry |
April 22 | Inanc Baykur Brandeis University |
Exotic smooth structures and
knottings in dimension four |
April 29 | Robert Gompf University of Texas |
Constructing Stein manifolds topologically Abstract |
April 30 (VINCENT HALL 207) | Lei Ni University of California, San Diego |
Manifolds with pinched flag curvature
Abstract |
May 3 (Monday, 1:30, VINCENT HALL TBA) | Yng-Ing Lee Taiwan University |
Special solutions to Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow
Abstract |
May 4 | Robert Gompf University of Texas |
Locally Holomorphic Maps Yield Symplectic Structures |
June 10 (Thursday, 1:25, VINCENT HALL 570) | Banghe Li Academy of Mathematics and System Science, Chinese Academy of Science |
Topology related to Hilbert 15th problem |
Seminars
in the School of Mathematics.
e-mail: akhmedov@math.umn.edu