Geometry at the ULB

differential geometry at the Université libre de Bruxelles

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First geometry seminar of term, 15/09/15

A doubling phenomenon in Morse-Novikov homology.

François Laudenbach (Université de Nantes).

The first geometry seminar of the term takes place at 3pm on 15th September, in the Salle Solvay, on the 5th floor of building NO. Please note this is both a different room and time than normal! The speaker is François Laudenbach from Nantes and his abstract is as follows. [Read more…]

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First reading seminar of term, 08/09/15

Harmonic mappings of Riemannian manifolds.

Presented by Chengjian Yao.

The first reading seminar of the term will take place at 2pm on 8th September, in room NO8.08. (Note this is not our usual seminar room.) Chengjian Yao will present the classic paper Harmonic mappings of Riemannian manifolds by Eells and Sampson. The seminar is meant to be informal, and questions are encouraged!

I am also looking for volunteers for future reading seminars. Please get in touch to offer a talk!

Getting here

The department of mathematics is in building NO, on the Campus de la Plaine, of the Université libre de Bruxelles. The geometry group is on the 7th floor. This map shows NO, as well as the metro station Delta and entrance 2, which is right by the stop for the number 71 and 72 buses. The number 95 also stops a short walk from the department. See the STIB website for more information on public transport in Brussels.

Image credits

Polished ammonite fossil, by Kara Stenberg, Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC 2.0.

Model of 3D projection of a 120-cell, by Edmund Harriss.

The root system of the exceptional Lie algebra E8. By Jared Tarbell, Creative Commons Licence CC BY 2.0.