Developments in Understanding Symplectic geometry And topology

Suny At Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY

Investigators

Abstract

DMS-0628758 David G. Ebin The three-day conference on Symplectic Topology and Geometry will be devoted to a very active area of current research. The notion of symplectic structures is not new; it goes back at least to Darboux, but the area expended greatly after Gromov introduced the concept of J-holomorphic curves. Since then connections have developed with gauge theory, Kahler geometry and more recently integrable systems. The will be explored and discussed in the course of conference. The conference honoring Dusa McDuff, who is one of the leaders in Symplectic Geometry and Topology, will comprise fourteen lectures. It will also include a workshop at which several young mathematicians will present their ideas. The presentations will be accompanied by discussion which should result in suggestions for new research. Graduate students will be encouraged to participate.