Graduate Geometric Analysis Reading Seminar
The graduate reading seminar in differential geometry / geometric analysis meets Tuesdays 4-6pm in Van Vleck B211. Students will give literature talks over the semester with participation by several faculty (Sean Paul, Alex Waldron, Ruobing Zhang, and Sigurd Angenent).
The topic for Fall 2024 is Ricci flow. We will cover the fundamentals in the fall and try to get through most of Perelman's proof of the Poincaré conjecture before the end of the year. We may also dip into the proof of Thurston's geometrization conjecture.
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Fall 2024 Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Title | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/10 | Sigurd Angenent | Introduction to the Ricci flow | |
| 9/17 | Alex Waldron | Rapid course in Riemannian geometry | Notes |
| 9/24 | Ruocheng Yang | Evolution equations under Ricci flow | Topping Ch. 2, Notes |
| 10/1 | Kaiyi Huang | The maximum principle | Topping Ch. 3 |
| 10/8 | |||
| 10/15 | |||
| 10/22 | Ruobing Zhang | The compactness theorem for the Ricci flow |
Past topics:
Spring '24: Heat-kernel approach to the Atiyah-Singer index theorem
Fall '23: G2 geometry
Spring '23: Yau's proof of the Calabi conjecture
Fall '22: Spin geometry and the index theorem
Spring '22: Differential-geometric approach to GIT.