Topics in Symplectic Geometry

Time and place: Tu 10-12 in Room B 252

Contents: This is a working seminar on recent advances in symplectic geometry. The precise topics and speakers will be chosen on a weekly basis according to the participants' preferences. This semester's main topic will be Deformations of singularities in algebraic geometry,

Intended audience: Advanced students and PhD students of mathematics and physics.

Prerequisites: Symplectic geometry.

Literature: [1] D. Mumford, The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes, Springer 1988
[2] A. Gathmann, Skript Algebraische Geometrie 1 und 2
[3] G. Greuel, C. Lossen and E. Shustin, Introduction to singularities and deformations, Springer 2007

Current plan of topics

Woche 1 18.10.	Kai Cieliebak Introduction
Woche 2 25.10.	[1] I.1
Woche 3 1.11.	Allerheiligen
Woche 4 8.11.	[1] I.2-4
Woche 5 15.11.	[1] I.5-7
Woche 6 22.11.	[1] I.8-9
Woche 7 29.11.	[1] I.10
Woche 8 6.12.	[1] II.1
Woche 9 13.12.	Frol Zapolsky Partial quasi-morphisms and quasi-states on cotangent bundles with applications
Woche 10 20.12.	[1] II.2-3
Woche 11 10.1.	[1] II.4-5
Woche 12 17.1.	Miguel Abreu (Lisboa) Lagrangian intersections in toric manifolds
Woche 13 24.1.
Woche 13 31.1.
Woche 13 7.2.