BİLKENT
ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

"Calibrated Geometries"

By

sema salur

(University
of Rochester)

Abstract:  Calibrated submanifolds are special classes of minimal submanifolds and their moduli
spaces play an important role in geometry, low dimensional topology and theoretical
physics. Examples of these submanifolds are special Lagrangian 3-folds for Calabi-Yau,
associative 3-folds and coassociative 4-folds for
G_2, and Cayley 4-folds for Spin(7)
manifolds. In this talk we give an introduction to calibrated geometries and a
survey of recent research about their geometric properties.=

Date:
Tuesday, June  5, 2012

Time: 15.40-16.30

Place: Mathematics Seminar Room,
SA-141

Tea
and cookies will be served after the talk.