Geometry and Physics of G2 Manifold - IPAM

Geometry and Physics of G2 Manifold

Part of the Long Program Symplectic Geometry and Physics
April 29 - May 2, 2003

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

Morning Session

08:30-09:30
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:30-10:30
Sergei Gukov (Harvard University)
Tutorial: Special Holonomy Manifolds and Their Applications in String Theory I
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
Naichung Conan Leung (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Tutorial: Geometry of G_2 manifolds I

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Robert Bryant (Duke University)
Some remarks on associative submanifolds
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Frederik Witt (Oxford University)
Generalized G_2 structure
16:00-16:10
Break
16:10-16:40
Shengli Kong (Northeastern University)
From nearly Kahler manifolds to G_2 manifolds
17:00-19:00
Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Morning Session

08:30-09:30
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:30-10:30
Sergei Gukov (Harvard University)
Tutorial: Special Holonomy Manifolds and Their Applications in String Theory II
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
Naichung Conan Leung (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Tutorial: Geometry of G_2 manifolds II

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Alexei Kovalev (Cambridge University)
Coassociative fibrations of compact G2 manifolds
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:30
Sergei Gukov (Harvard University)
Topology Change in G2 and Spin(7) Manifolds
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