Lagrangian Floer theory and surgery

Friday, January 30, 2015 - 15:30 to 16:30
704 Thackeray Hall
Speaker Information
Christopher Woodward
Rutgers University

Abstract or Additional Information

I will give an introduction to Lagrangian Floer theory and its connections with Hamiltonian dynamics.  Then I will describe some theorems about how Lagrangian Floer theory changes under some common surgeries like blow-ups and flips.