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Global solutions of the Teichmueller harmonic map flow

Geometric Flows in Riemannian and Complex Geometry May 02, 2016 - May 06, 2016

May 06, 2016 (09:30 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT)
Speaker(s): Peter Topping (University of Warwick)
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium
Tags/Keywords

  • harmonic maps

  • Riemannian geometry

  • complex geometry

  • geometric analysis

  • geometric flow

  • Ricci flow

  • diffeomorphism groups

  • singularities of flows

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Secondary Mathematics Subject Classification No Secondary AMS MSC
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Abstract

The Teichmueller harmonic map flow is a gradient flow of the classical harmonic map energy, in which both a map from a surface and the metric on that surface are allowed to evolve. In principle, the flow wants to find minimal immersions. However, in general, the domain metric might degenerate in finite time. In this talk we show how to flow beyond finite time singularities, and this allows us to decompose a general map into a collection of minimal immersions.

This is forthcoming work joint with Melanie Rupflin
Supplements
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