Siegel der Universität Augsburg

Universität Augsburg
Institut für Mathematik

Siegel der Universität Augsburg

 

Augsburger Mathematisches Kolloquium

 

Professor Dr. Wilderich Tuschmann
KIT - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

 
spricht am
 
Dienstag, 31. Januar 2023
 
um
 
17:30 Uhr
 
im
 
Raum 2004 (L1)
 
über das Thema:
 

»SPACES AND MODULI SPACES OF RIEMANNIAN METRICS«

Abstract:
Consider a smooth manifold with a Riemannian metric satisfying some sort of geometric constraint like, for example, positive scalar curvature, non-negative Ricci or negative sectional curvature, being Einstein, Kähler, Sasaki, etc. A natural question to ponder is then what the space of all such metrics does look like, and, moreover, one can also study this question for the corresponding moduli spaces of metrics, i.e., quotients of the former by the diffeomorphism group of the manifold, acting by pulling back metrics.

These spaces are customarily equipped with the topology of smooth convergence on compact subsets and the quotient topology, respectively, and their topological properties then provide the right means to measure 'how many' different metrics and geometries the given manifold actually does exhibit, and since Weyl’s early result on the connectedness of the space of positive Gaussian curvature metrics on the two-sphere and the foundings of Teichmüller theory, uniformization and geometrization, the study of spaces of metrics and their moduli has been a topic of interest for differential geometers, global and geometric analysts and topologists alike.

In my talk, I will provide a gentle introduction to the subject and its history and then report on some recent results and open questions with a focus on non-negative Ricci or sectional curvature as well as Ricci flat and Hyperkähler manifolds, and, if time permits, also discuss broader non-traditional approaches from metric geometry and analysis to these objects and topics.


 

Hierzu ergeht herzliche Einladung.
PD Dr. Lei Zhao
 

Kaffee, Tee und Gebäck eine halbe Stunde vor Vortragsbeginn im Raum 2006 (L1).



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