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Spring 2021

Chris Woodward

Subtitle:

Introduction to Symplectic Topology

Course Description:

Symplectic manifolds, Lagrangian submanifolds, examples from Hamiltonian dynamics and algebraic geometry, pseudoholomorphic maps. Further topics may include: symplectic capacities; Floer cohomology, relations with mirror symmetry and tropical geometry.  Please contact the instructor to discuss topic choice.

Textbook:

none

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with differential forms on smooth manifolds.