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Introductory Workshop: Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology

August 17, 2009 to August 21, 2009
Organized By: John Etnyre* (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dusa McDuff (Barnard College, Columbia University), and Lisa Traynor (Bryn Mawr).
 
Parent Programs:
Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology
 
Participant List:
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This workshop aims both to introduce people to a broad swath of the field and to frame its most important problems. Each day will be organized around a basic topic, such as how to count holomorphic curves with boundary on a Lagrangian submanifold (which leads to various versions of Floer theory) or how to understand the general structure of symplectic and contact manifolds. There will also be an introduction to the analytic and algebraic aspects of symplectic field theory, and a discussion of some applications.

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Accommodations:

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The cut-off date for reservations is July 31, 2009.

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We also hold a block of rooms at the Doubletree Hotel. Please mention the MSRI as a reference when making reservations by calling 510-548-7920. The Doubletree Hotel offers complementary shuttle to and from MSRI. The room rate is $99 per night.

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Schedule

Monday August 17, 2009

09:00AM - 09:15AM  Welcome to MSRI
09:15AM - 10:15AM  Dusa McDuff Historical overview, motivating problems and basic background
10:15AM - 11:00AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Dusa McDuff Basic background, ctd
12:00PM - 01:30PM  Lunch
01:30PM - 03:00PM  Peter Albers Floer Homology
03:00PM - 03:45PM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
03:45PM - 05:00PM  Sikimeti M'au -- Lagrangian Floer Homology

Tuesday August 18, 2009

09:00AM - 10:15AM  Mohammed Abouzaid Obstruction in Lagrangian Floer Theory
10:15AM - 11:00AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Mark McLean Symplectic Homology
12:00PM - 01:45PM  Lunch
01:45PM - 03:00PM  Yakov Eliashberg Algebraic formalism of Symplectic Field Theory (SFT)
03:00PM - 03:45PM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
03:45PM - 05:00PM  Helmut Hofer Analytic foundations of SFT
05:00PM - 06:00PM  Reception in the atrium

Wednesday August 19, 2009

09:00AM - 10:15AM  John Etnyre Open book decompositions and the Giroux correspondence
10:15AM - 11:00AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Denis Auroux Lefschetz fibrations and 4-manifolds
12:00PM - 01:45PM  Lunch
01:45PM - 03:00PM  Yakov Eliashberg Algebraic formalism of SFT ctd
03:00PM - 03:45PM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
03:45PM - 05:00PM  Helmut Hofer Analytic foundations of SFT ctd

Thursday August 20, 2009

09:00AM - 10:15AM  Ko Honda Convex surfaces and classification of contact structures
10:15AM - 11:00AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Katrin Wehrheim "Analytic foundations: polyfold structures for holomorphic disks"
12:00PM - 01:45PM  Lunch
01:45PM - 03:00PM  Lenhard Ng Knot homology
03:00PM - 04:00PM  Coffe, tea inthe atrium
04:00PM - 05:00PM  Octav Cornea Wide - narrow dichotomy for Lagrangians submanifolds

Friday August 21, 2009

09:00AM - 10:00AM  Paolo Rossi Integrable systems of SFT
10:00AM - 10:30AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
10:30AM - 11:20AM  Maksim Maydanskiy High dimensional Lefschetz fibrations and Floer homology
11:30AM - 12:20PM  Lisa Traynor Problem session (maybe overlap with lunch)
12:00PM - 02:00PM  Lunch
02:00PM - 03:00PM  Michael Entov Quasi-states and quasi-morphisms in symplectic topology
03:00PM - 04:00PM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
04:00PM - 05:00PM  Viktor Ginzburg Periodic orbits in Hamiltonian dynamics

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