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SUMMARY: Introduction to G2-geometry
DTSTART:20131204T171500
DTEND:20131204T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T081356Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Walpuski (Imperial College London)\nHamiltonian Dynamic
 s SeminarAbstract: The aim of this talk is to familiarise the audience wit
 h the basic notions and ideas of G2-geometry and explain how it is connect
 ed to other areas of mathematics. I will give a brief sketch of the histor
 y of G2-manifolds culminating in a discussion of the generalised Kummer an
 d the twisted connected sum constructions. Then I will discuss the relatio
 n between G2-manifolds and minimal submanifold and Yang-Mills theory as we
 ll as some of Donaldson-Thomas’ ideas on how this might be used to const
 ruct interesting new counting invariants.
LOCATION:MA A3 31
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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