PIMS Symplectic Geometry Seminar: Coisotropic submanifolds, deformation, and models for the leaf space of a foliation

  • Date: 03/25/2010
Lecturer(s):
Noah Kieserman (Bowdoin College)
Location: 

University of British Columbia

Description: 

Coisotropic submanifolds of symplectic manifolds are canonically foliated. Their deformation is described by an L-infinity algebra with a known geometric description. I will describe some calculations with the obstruction theory of this L-infinity algebra, and my attempts to relate this to models for the leaf space of the foliation.

Schedule: 

2:00 - 3:00pm, WMAX 216.

Tea and cookies will follow!

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