PDE/Applied Math/Analysis Seminar

                  Friday 28. September, 1:10-2:00pm

                          6183 Bahen Center



SPEAKER: Joseph Fu (University of Georgia) 


TITLE: Lagrangian currents and geometry: facts, conjectures, questions
 

ABSTRACT: Algebraic Lagrangian cycles are a well-established device  
in the study of singular algebraic varieties, giving us a  
"microlocal" view of how the tangent spaces of the singular sets  
interact. By the same general principle, measure-theoretic Lagrangian  
cycles---although we understand them only dimly---  provide an  
opening into the study of more general singular objects, e.g. convex  
sets, or crumpled sheets of paper. We describe the basic facts  
establishing the essential connection between the objects and the  
cycles, then begin to connect the dots in the general theory, with  
emphasis on the missing links.





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University of Toronto PDE/Applied Math/Analysis Seminar
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2007-2008 organizers:
          Walid Abou-Salem      walid@ math.toronto.edu
          Almut Burchard        almut@ math.toronto.edu
          Robert McCann         mccann@ math.toronto.edu