The Eliashberg-Floer-McDuff Theorem

The Eliashberg-Floer-McDuff Theorem

Speaker：

Zhengyi Zhou 周正一

Morningside Center of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Organizer：

林剑锋

Schedule：

Lecture 1: Dec. 29, 3:20-4:50 pm, B725

Lecture 2: Dec. 30, 10:30-12:00, C548

Lecture 3: Dec. 31, 10:30-12:00, C548

Venue：

Shuangqing Complex Building A

Description:

The Eliashberg-Floer-McDuff theorem is a landmark result in symplectic geometry, stating that any Liouville filling of the standard contact sphere (in dimension at least three) must be diffeomorphic to a ball. This series of lectures will explore this theorem from two perspectives: first, by reviewing the diverse and influential proof techniques it has inspired, and second, by examining its wide-ranging applications—including its unexpected role in solving the smooth rectangular peg problem.

Language:

English