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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Posted August 22, 2017

3:30 pm - 4:20 pm

Hongyu He, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Branching Laws and Interlacing Relation

Abstract: Let $H$ be a subgroup of a compact group $G$. Then any irreducible unitary representation of $G$, when restricted to $H$, decomposes into a direct sum of irreducible representations of $H$. A description of such a decomposition is often called a branching law. They are important in harmonic analysis, quantum mechanics and number theory. In this talk, I shall discuss the branching laws of the discrete series of the noncompact unitary groups and the recent progress towards the local Gan-Gross-Prasad conjectures. Discrete series representations were classified by Harish-Chandra in the sixties and played a fundamental role in Langland's program.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Posted August 25, 2017

3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Lockett 277

John Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology
Curvature and contact topology

Abstract: Contact geometry is a beautiful subject that has important interactions with topology in dimension three. In this talk I will give a brief introduction to contact geometry and discuss its interactions with Riemannian geometry. In particular I will discuss a contact geometry analog of the famous sphere theorem and more generally indicate how the curvature of a Riemannian metric can influence properties of a contact structure adapted to it. This is joint work with Rafal Komendarczyk and Patrick Massot.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Posted September 1, 2017