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Exterior Differential Systems and the Method of Equivalence |
| May 05, 2008 to May 09, 2008 |
| Organized By: Jeanne Clelland, William F. Shadwick (Chair) and George Wilkens |
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MSRI Biology Colloquia: Talk by Dr. Garrett Odell in the Simons Auditorium at MSRI's Chern Hall
Tuesday May 6, 2008
04:00PM - 05:00PM
Abstract:
Title: Exterior Differential Systems in Algebraic Geometry
Abstract: Exterior differential systems (EDS) provide the basic tool for
studying the geometry of differential
equations. There is a canonical exterior differential system I that governs
the behavior of the Hodge structure in a family
of algebraic varieties. We will review the basics of EDS's and explain two
central open questions. Then
we will recall the definition of the canonical system I and give two
applications to algebraic geometry.
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