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Topics in Mathematical Physics seminar
The goal of the seminar is to give its participants the opportunity to enlarge their knowledge of various subjects
within
mathematical physics. This is done by following a specific text or a series of texts related to one subject. The setup is quite informal and during
the seminar its contents may be customized to the wishes of the participants. The seminar is intended for a broad audience, including M.Sc. students
in Mathematical Physics, PhD-students and also permanent staff members.
Practical information
Currently we mainly follow the book by Liviu Nicolaescu, An invitation to Morse theory. In practise there is a
biweekly meeting during which one of the participants elaborates on a part of the book. This takes place at:
Tuesdays, 10.30h - 12.30h, HG 01.029. Except for April 5, which will be at 13.30 - 15.30 in HG 00.304.
Schedule
| Date, Room | Material | Speaker |
Keywords |
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| Raeburn and Williams, Continuous Trace C*-algebras (old). |
| 2/11 | 2.1 - 2.2 | Jord
| Hilbert modules, adjointable operators |
| 9/11 | 2.3 - 2.4 | Jord/Maarten | Multiplier algebras, induced
representations |
| 16/11 | 2.4 - 3.1 | Maarten | Induced representations,
imprimitivity |
| 23/11 | 3.1 - 3.2 | Martijn | Imprimitivity, Morita equivalences |
| 30/11 | 3.3 - 3.4 | Martijn | Rieffel correspondence |
| 7/12 | 4.1 | Sander | Sheaf cohomology |
| 14/12 | 4.1 | Sander | Sheaf cohomology |
| 11/01, HG 01.057 | 4.2 | Pieter | Fibre bundles |
| 18/01, HG 01.057 | 4.3 | Jord | |
| 25/01, HG 01.057 | 4.3, A.1 | Jord, Sander | |
| 01/02, HG 01.028 | A.2 | Maarten | |
| 08/02, HG 01.028 | A.3, 5.1 | Martijn | Dauns-Hofmann, ... |
| 15/02, HG 01.028 | 5.2 | Pieter | CT-C*-algebras |
| 22/02, HG 01.028 | 5.2, 5.3 | Pieter | CT-C*-algebras,
Dixmier-Douady-classification |
| 01/03, HG 01.028 | Off | | |
| 08/03, HG 03.054 | 5.3 | Jord | Dixmier-Douady-classification |
| 15/03, HG 03.054 | 5.3/5.4 | Jord/Martijn | DD-Classification,
Automorphisms of CT-C*-algebras |
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| Liviu Nicolaescu, An invitation to Morse theory |
| 05/04, HG 00.304 | 1.1 | Roberta | Morse-functions, -index, -theorem |
| 19/04, HG 01.029 | 1.2/2.1 | Maarten | Surgery |
| 03/05, HG 01.029 | 2.2/2.3 | Maarten/Martijn | Surgery/Cohomology/Morse
inequalities |
| 17/05, HG 01.029 | 2.4 | Martijn | Morse-Smale dynamics |
| 21/06, HG 01.029 | 2.5 | Sander R | Morse-Floer Cohomology |
| 28/06, HG 01.029 | 2.6 | Roberta | Min-max theory |
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| Summer break |
M.Sc. Students
Masters students should be able to follow the seminar once they have gathered enough prerequisites about
differentiable geometry.
Also, if there is any interest, we can try to arrange credit points for following the seminar (and finishing it with somekind of exam). Please
let me know if there is any need for this.
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