| Speaker: | Toshiyuki Kobayashi (Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo) |
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| Title: | Global Geometry and Analysis on Locally Homogeneous Spaces |
| Date (JST): | Wed, Dec 14, 2011, 15:30 - 17:00 |
| Place: | Lecture Hall |
| Abstract: |
The local to global study of geometries was a major trend of 20th century geometry, with remarkable developments achieved particularly in Riemannian geometry. In contrast, in areas such as Lorentz geometry, familiar to us as the space-time of relativity theory, and more generally in pseudo-Riemannian geometry, surprising little is known about global properties of the geometry even if we impose a locally homogeneous structure. Further, almost nothing is known on global analysis on such spaces. Taking anti-de Sitter manifolds, which are locally modelled on AdS^n as an example, I plan to explain two programs: 1. (global shape) Is a locally homogeneous space closed? 2. (spectral analysis) Does spectrum of the Laplacian vary when we deform the geometric structure? |
| Seminar Video: | [VIDEO] |
