Five talks on the Poincaré ConjectureJohn MorganColumbia University |
When:
Where: MBI
Lecture Hall (MA240)
Mathematics
Department
Ohio
State University
231
W. 18th Ave.
Columbus,
OH 43210
Streaming Video of the Lectures (RealOne Player Required):
Note: Due to technical difficulties, the wrong video for day 2 was recorded, but the audio is correct. This video also starts approximately 8 minutes into the lecture.Professor John Morgan is well known, not only for his mathematical research in topology and algebraic geometry, but also as a superb expositor of mathematics to general mathematical audiences. Professor Morgan will tell the modern mathematical story of the Poincaré Conjecture: Thurston Geometrization, Hamilton’s ‘Ricci flow’ method, leading up to the Perelman’s proposed proof. Talks will be informal and relatively self-contained. For further information, contact:
Herb Clemens clemens@math.ohio-state.edu
Mike Davis mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu