Spring 2018: Calculus of variations on manifolds and geometric flows
This semester we will be working on ``Calculus of variations on manifolds and geometric flows”.
We will follow at least two books:
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Mantegazza: Lecture notes on mean curvature flows
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Topping: Lectures on Ricci flow
Books that could be useful for geometry:
Email for the working groups is: siam-wg@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
Schedule (so far)
Name | Chapter(s) | Date | Topic |
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01/18 | Organizational meeting | ||
Sam Cohn | 01/25 | Review of Riemannian Geometry | |
Antoine Remond-Tiedrez | 02/01 | Review of Riemannian Geometry (cont.) | |
Antoine Remond-Tiedrez | 02/08 | Review of Riemannian Geometry (cont.) | |
Son Van | 02/15 | Mean curvature flows | |
Son Van | 02/22 | Mean curvature flows (cont.) | |
Adrian Hagerty | 03/01 | Comparison principle | |
Adrian Hagerty | 03/08 | Evolution of geometric quantities | |
Won Eui Hong | 03/22 | ||
Giovanni Gravina | 03/29 |
Participants: Adrian, Antoine, Sam, Kevin, Wony, Son, David, Likhit, Yousuf, Giovanni, Thomas, Joshua