SCGP Weekly Talk: Dusa McDuff, Columbia

Dusa McDuff, Columbia

Title: “Moduli spaces of J-holomorphic curves”
Speaker: Dusa McDuff, Columbia
Date: Tuesday February 4
Time: 1:00pm
Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center

 

 

 

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Abstract: This talk is aimed at nonspecialists, and will try to explain what the current Moduli Spaces program is hoping to achieve.  Why are J-holomorphic curves important in symplectic topology today? What are the problems in making the theory rigorous?