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Summer Graduate Workshop: Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology
Aug 3, 2009 to Aug 14, 2009

Organizer(s)

John Etnyre (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dusa McDuff* (Barnard College, Columbia University) and Lisa Traynor (Bryn Mawr College).

Contact

List of lecturers:

Margaret Symington (Mercer University)
John Etnyre (Georgia Tech)
Katrin Wehrheim (MIT)
Ely Kerman (UIUC)
Dusa McDuff (Columbia)
Lenny Ng (Duke)

The first week of the workshop will focus on:
Introduction to Symplectic Geometry
Introduction to Contact Geometry
Introduction to Holomorphic Curves
Week 1 Schedule
Lectures 1-5 Syllabi
Exercises for Lecture 1
Exercises for Lecture 2

The second week of the workshop will focus on:
Applications of pseudo-holomorphic curves
4-dimensional symplectic geometry
Contact geometry and 3-d topology
Week 2 Schedule
Dr. Ely Kerman Lecture 1 (PDF 394KB)
Dr. Ely Kerman Lecture 2 (PDF 410KB)
Dr. Ely Kerman Exercise (PDF 45KB)
Bibliography (PDF 7KB)
Lenny Ng Exercise (PDF 60KB)

Important

Schedule
Monday, August 03, 2009
9:15AM - 10:15AM Margaret Symington Introduction to Symplectic Geometry and Topology - Symington I [Video available]
10:45AM - 11:45AM Margaret Symington Introduction to Symplectic Geometry and Topology - Symington I I [Video available]
1:30PM - 2:30PM John Etnyre Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology -Etnyre I [Video available]
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM John Etnyre Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology -Etnyre II [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Margaret Symington Introduction to Symplectic Geometry and Topology - Symington III [Video available]
1:00PM - 2:00PM Katrin Wehrheim Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Wehrheim I [Video available]
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM John Etnyre Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology -Etnyre III [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Margaret Symington Introduction to Symplectic Geometry and Topology - Symington IV [Video available]
1:45PM - 2:45PM Katrin Wehrheim Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Wehrheim II [Video available]
Thursday, August 06, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM John Etnyre Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology -Etnyre IV [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Margaret Symington Introduction to Symplectic Geometry and Topology - Symington V [Video available]
1:00PM - 2:00PM Katrin Wehrheim Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Wehrheim III [Video available]
Friday, August 07, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM John Etnyre Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology -Etnyre V [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Katrin Wehrheim Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Wehrheim IV [Video available]
1:00PM - 2:00PM Katrin Wehrheim Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Wehrheim V [Video available]
Monday, August 10, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM Dusa McDuff Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - McDuff I [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Lenhard Ng Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Ng I [Video available]
1:00PM - 2:00PM Ely Kerman Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Kerman I [Video available]
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM Dusa McDuff Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - McDuff II [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Lenhard Ng Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Ng II [Video available]
1:00PM - 2:00PM Ely Kerman Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Kerman II [Video available]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM Dusa McDuff Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - McDuff III [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Lenhard Ng Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Ng III [Video available]
1:00PM - 2:00PM Ely Kerman Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Kerman III [Video available]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
9:00AM - 10:00AM Dusa McDuff Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - McDuff IV [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Lenhard Ng Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Ng IV [Video available]
1:00PM - 2:00PM Ely Kerman Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Kerman IV [Video available]
Friday, August 14, 2009
9:15AM - 10:15AM Eleny-Nicoleta Ionel Introduction to Symplectic & Contact Geometry & Topology - Ionel [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Lisa Traynor Explorations in Symplectic Topology via Generating Families [Video available]
1:30PM - 3:00PM John Etnyre Further directions and open problems [Video available]
Parent Program(s):
Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology


Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to
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or by regular mail to:
Summer Graduate Workshop: Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA
94720-5070.
USA

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