Geometry & Dynamics Seminar for Students

Spring 2002

1. March 18. Title: "Symplectic Topology and Infinite Dimensional Morse Theory".
Speaker: Paul Biran, Tel-Aviv University.

2. April 8. Title: "Discrete Morse Theory with Applications to Computer Science". (Following works of R. Forman)
Speaker: Felix Schlenk, Tel-Aviv University.

3. April 15. Title: "Topological, Symplectic, and Algebraic Aspects of Real Curves".
Speaker: Stepan Orevkov, University of Toulouse.

4. April 22. Title: "J-Holomorphoc Disks and Lagrangian Loops".
Speaker: Laurent Lazzarini, Jussieu (Paris).

5. April 29. Title: " Relative Symplectic Capacities and Periodic Orbits in Twisted Cotangent Bundles ". Speaker: Viktor Ginzburg, Santa Cruz University.

6. May 6. Title: "Floer Homology for Generalized Dehn Twists".
Speaker: Urs Frauenfelder, ETH Zurich.

7. May 13. Title: "Symplectic Topology of Lagrangian Submanifolds".
Speaker: Paul Biran, Tel-Aviv University.

8. May 20. Title: "Lagrangian Geometry in Cotangent Bundles".
Speaker: Leonid Polterovich, Tel-Aviv University.

9. May 27. Title: "Algebraic Stories on the Group of Symplectic Diffeomorphisms".
Speaker: Leonid Polterovich, Tel-Aviv University.

10. June 3. Title: "Holomorphic Disks & Low-Dimensional Topology".
Speaker: Peter Ozsvath, Princeton University.

Fall 2001

1. October 29. Title: "What is Morse Theory ?". Speaker Leonid Polterovich.

2. December 3. Title: "Gradient Dynamics I". Speaker: Paul Biran.

3. December 10. Title: "Gradient Dynamics II". Speaker: Paul Biran.

4. December 17. Title: "Algebraic Objects in Morse Theory I". Speaker: Leonid Polterovich.

5. December 24. Title: "Algebraic Objects in Morse Theory II". Speaker: Leonid Polterovich.

6. December 31. Title: "Algebraic Objects in Morse Theory III". Speaker: Leonid Polterovich.

7. January 7. Title: "Morse Homology & Applications I". Speaker: Paul Biran.

8. January 14. Title: "Morse Homology & Applications II". Speaker: Paul Biran.

9. January 21. Title: "Discrete Morse Theory with Applications I (Following works of R. Forman)". Speaker: Felix Schlenk.

10. January 28. Title: "Discrete Morse Theory with Applications II (Following works of R. Forman)". Speaker: Felix Schlenk.