Seminar: Symplektische Geometrie / Symplectic Geometry — Sommersemester 2024, HU Berlin

What?

This is a working group seminar run by Chris Wendl, Klaus Mohnke, and Thomas Walpuski on recent developments in symplectic geometry and related areas. Participants are expected to be familiar with the basics of symplectic geometry, including some knowledge of holomorphic curves and/or Floer-type theories. The seminar is conducted in English.

UPDATE (following the first meeting): The main theme of the seminar this semester will be Floer homotopy theory. Thibaut Mazuir has produced a somewhat more detailed plan that includes relevant references, though it is still a work in progress. There may also occasionally be some talks on other topics.

When and where?

For the 2024 summer semester, the seminar meets on Mondays, 13:30-15:00 in room 1.023 (the BMS Seminar Room) at the HU math department (Rudower Chaussee 25). See below for a precise schedule.

If you plan to participate in the seminar, please join the moodle (the enrollment key is "Floer"). The moodle will be used for occasional time-sensitive announcements. If you have no HU computer account, you can still register for the HU Moodle with an external e-mail address after clicking on the "Login" link in the upper-right corner and then the button marked "Externen Zugang anlegen". (Sorry, that page does not appear to exist in English.)


Monday April 15, 2024
13:15-14:45
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Discussion of topics for the semester
Monday April 22, 2024 No seminar this week, because learning stable homotopy theory takes time
Monday April 29, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: Ruochong Huang
Topic: Introduction to spectra
Monday May 6, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: Apratim Choudhury
Topic: Morse theory and classifying spaces
Monday May 13, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: Thibaut Mazuir
Topic: The Floer homotopy type of the cotangent bundle
Monday May 20, 2024 no seminar (holiday)
Monday May 27, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: TBA
Topic: Flow categories 2
Monday June 3, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Monday June 10, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Monday June 17, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Monday June 24, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: Ruochong Huang
Topic: Classical cobordism theory
Monday July 1, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: Apratim Choudhury
Topic: Bordism theory of flor categories
Monday July 8, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Monday July 15, 2024
13:30-15:00
RUD 25, Room 1.023
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA

last semester's symplectic seminar