Floer Lectures 2014
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                                                   FLOER LECTURES 2014

                                               JUNE 13-14, 2014 (BOCHUM)

 

Invited speakers:

1. Claude Viterbo (Ècole Normale Supérieure, Paris) - Symplectic distance, homogenization and symplectic dynamics.

2. Frol Zapolsky (University of Haifa, Israel) - Generating functions and applications in contact topology.

All the lectures will take place in the lecture room NA 01/99, on the ground floor of the Mathematics Department (Building NA).

Participation is open.

General directions can be found here. A campusmap, as well as other useful maps, can be found here.

The workshop is hosted by the Floer Center of Geometry and is financially supported by SFB TR-12.


Schedule:


Friday

3.15-4.15 pm: C.Viterbo - Symplectic distance, homogenization and symplectic dynamics (NA 01/99)

4.15-5.15 pm: Coffee break

5.15-6.15 pm: F.Zapolsky - Generating functions and applications in contact topology I  (NA 01/99)




Saturday

10-11 am: F. Zapolsky - Generating functions and applications in contact topology II (NA 01/99)

11-11:30 am: Coffee break

11:30-12:30 am: C. Viterbo - Symplectic distance, homogenization and symplectic dynamics (NA 01/99)


Abstracts

C. Viterbo - Symplectic distance, homogenization and symplectic dynamics.

TBA.

F. Zapolsky - Generating functions and applications in contact topology.

I'll introduce the powerful technique of generating functions for Legendrian submanifolds of certain standard contact manifolds and show how to use it to prove intriguing results on rigidity in contact manifolds and dynamics of contact flows. I'll provide the necessary background for the concepts and techniques used in the lectures.

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There is no formal registration, but please send an email to Frau Dzwigoll (dzwigoll@rub.de) so that we can estimate the number of participants. Please also indicate whether you want to join us for dinner on June 13.

Hotels:

Park Inn - conveniently located next to central station, large rooms, but not cheap (ca 85 Euro incl. breakfast)).

Oekey - good and good price - between university and station on the U35 line (ca 57 incl. breakfast)

Ibis City und Ibis Zentrum - next to central station, small rooms, good price but nothing special - Ibis Zentrum is probably a bit more quiet (ca 65 incl. breakfast).

Art Hotel Tucholsky in the "Bermuda triangle" (party mile), that is, can be noisy at night, but if you reserve a room to the back yard it's very fine, art hotel with funny accessoires - great breakfast, probably the most interesting hotel in the list (ca. 75 Euros incl. breakfast)

Jugendherberge (youth hostel) Bochum again in the "Bermuda triangle", it is supposed to be very good and has differnet kinds of rooms (ca. 62 Euros for single rooms incl. breakfast)

For assistance please contact Ursula Dzwigoll.

 

Organizers: Alberto Abbondandolo and Barney Bramham.