MAT 298 - Gromov-Witten Invariants

Spring Quarter 2003

Th 2:10 - 4:00

593 Kerr Hall

Organizer: Motohico Mulase

Office: 674 Kerr

Phone: 752-6324

April 3: Motohico Mulase, "Overview of symplectic geometry, mirror symmetry and Gromov-Witten invariants."

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April 10: Andrew Waldron, "String theory and T-duality."

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April 17: Yvonne Lai, "Differential forms, de Rham theory, and sheaf cohomology."

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April 24: Albert S. Schwarz, "Symmetries in 2D topological quantum field theories."

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May 1: Dmitry Fuchs, "Pseudo-holomorphic curves and symplectic topology."

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May 8: Brad Safnuk, "From classical mechanics to symplectic quotient - the origin of symplectic geometry."

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May 15: Kei Nakamura, "Topology of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces - from a cohomological point of view."

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May 22: Michael Penkava, "Algebraic structures in Gromov-Witten invariants - introduction to Frobenius algebras."

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May 29: Manash Mukherjee, "Chern-Simons Gauge Theory."

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June 5: Josephine Yu, "Matrix integrals and representation of a surface group."

Motohico Mulase, "Concluding remarks."