TETRAHEDRAL GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

November 6th, 2009, 4:30 p.m. at Hempfield High School, Room 213


Zhigang Han, Millersville University

“Morse Homology and Floer Homology ”

ABSTRACT: In this talk, I will first review the definition of Morse homology. I will then introduce the symplectic Floer homology of a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism, which is an infinite dimensional analog of Morse homology. I will explain how this proves the Arnold conjecture which states that a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism of a symplectic manifold must have at least as many fixed points as the sum of its Betti numbers.

 

Fall 2009 Speakers

September 4 : Andrey Glubokov, Millersville University

October 2 : Leigh Cobbs, Lebanon Valley College

November 6 : Zhigang Han, Millersville University

December 4: David Hurtubise, Penn State University at Altoona

 

Seminar meetings typically occur at 4:30 p.m. on the first Friday of each month in room 213 of the Hempfield High School Math Department

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