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Mathematical Sciences Colloquium: Asymptotically conical Calabi-Yau manifolds, Ronan Conlon, Math Sciences, UTD
Friday, November 4, 2022 3pm to 4pm
Event Details
Geometers are interested in finding the "nicest" shape that a manifold can have. For surfaces, this shape is usually the most symmetric, like the round sphere or the flat plane. In general there are different ways of characterizing precisely what a "nice" manifold is. In this talk I will focus on one such class of manifolds, namely "Ricci-flat Kahler" or "Calabi-Yau" manifolds. In the 1970's, Yau proved that a compact Kahler manifold with vanishing first Chern class is Calabi-Yau, thereby proving a famous conjecture of Calabi. I will discuss extensions of Yau’s theorem to the non-compact world before discussing recent joint work with Hans-Joachim Hein (Muenster) classifying such manifolds modelled on a cone at infinity.
Location
Cecil H. Green Hall (GR), GR 3.420
800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
Department
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Contact Information
- Viswanath Ramakrishna
- 9728836873
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