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10 Geometry and Topology
Geometry and Topology Speaker: Martin Pinsonnault (Western) "Rigidity phenomena in symplectic geometry I" Time: 11:30 Room: MC 108 Symplectic geometry provides the mathematical framework of classical mechanics in its Hamiltonian formulation, and also underlies modern approaches to quantum theories. About twenty years ago, the introduction of new ideas and techniques has led to the discovery of "symplectic rigidity" phenomena that have no counterparts in classical differential geometry. Since then, symplectic geometry evolved into an independent field of research at the crossroads of geometric topology, algebraic geometry, dynamical systems, and gauge theory. The study of symplectic diffeomorphisms is at the heart of understanding symplectic rigidity phenomena. In this introductory talk, I will give an (somewhat biased) overview of symplectic rigidity, focussing mainly on homotopy-theoretic, geometric, and algebraic properties of symplectomorphism groups, as well as on properties of embedded symplectic balls and Lagrangian submanifolds.
Noncommutative Geometry
Noncommutative Geometry Speaker: (Western) "NCG learning seminar" Time: 15:00 Room: MC 107 Noncommutative Geometry
Noncommutative Geometry Speaker: Farzad Fathizadeh (Western) "Pseudodifferential operators and index theory 5" Time: 16:00 Room: MC 107 |
11 Analysis Seminar
Analysis Seminar Speaker: Janusz Adamus (Western) "On the holomorphic closure dimension of real analytic sets I" Time: 15:30 Room: MC 108 I will discuss some recent results of a joint work with professor Rasul Shafikov, concerning a CR geometry problem, with a complex (yet simple) local analytic solution. Pizza Seminar
Pizza Seminar Speaker: Graham Denham (Western) "lattice points, magic squares, and counting" Time: 16:30 Room: MC 107 |
12 Noncommutative Geometry
Noncommutative Geometry Speaker: Ali Moatadelro (Western) "The CKM invariant in noncommutative geometry 1" Time: 15:00 Room: MC 107 Noncommutative Geometry
Noncommutative Geometry Speaker: Mohammad Hassanzadeh (Western) "Eilenberg -Zilber and Kunneth formulas for (co)cyclic modules 2" Time: 16:00 Room: MC 107 |
13 Colloquium
Colloquium Speaker: John Bell (Western) "The cohesiveness of the continuum and other mathematical objects" Time: 15:30 Room: MC 108 |
14 Hodge Theory
Hodge Theory Speaker: Richard Gonzales (Western) "Functoriality of Chern classes. Examples." Time: 10:00 Room: MC 106 Algebra Seminar
Algebra Seminar Speaker: Richard Gonzales (Western) "Equivariant Cohomology. Part II" Time: 14:30 Room: MC 107 Our plan is to give an overview of equivariant cohomology for
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Mathematics Calendar 
Week of November 9, 2008
