On 2nd March, 10h30-12h30, Salle des Profs, Ben Sibley gave the fourth talk in the working group on manifolds with lower Ricci bounds. He discussed the Cheng-Yau gradient estimate, quantitative maximum principles and the existence of special cut-off functions, all necessary technical ingredients for the almost splitting theorem which will be the topic of a future talk.
Archives for March 2016
Symplectic techniques in Hamlitonian Dynamics – Madrid, 13-17 June
There will be a week-long conference on “Symplectic techniques in Hamiltonian dynamics” to be held at ICMAT Madrid, 13-17 June. Below is the original message from the organisers. [Read more…]
Ingrid Daubechies to speak at the ULB
Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician and physicist from Duke University, will give a talk for a general audience at the ULB. The title is “Reconnaissance et restauration de tableaux anciens à l’aide des mathématiques”. The event will take place from 10-12, on Saturday 12 March in Auditorium F of the Forum, on the Campus de la Plaine. Daubechies is a renowned mathematician with a whole host of prizes and this is an excellent opportunity to hear her talk.