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The KCL/UCL Junior Geometry Seminar is a joint seminar between King's College London and University College London. Speakers present topics from Algebraic Geometry, Differential Geometry, Geometric Analysis, Geometric Group Theory, Topology, and related areas. The target audience is young researchers — in particular PhD students.
The goal of the seminar, above all, is to be useful to its audience. Introductory talks as well as more advanced topics are all welcome. If you are interested in giving a talk, please let us know through the form. (Or email us if you have more specific concerns, contact details below.)
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Schedule
The seminar will be running this term on Mondays from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at KCL, S5.20 Strand Building. The particular location may be subject to change. Talks will be announced via the mailing list, but there is also a list of scheduled talks with times and locations below.
If you do not have a KCL ID, it can be difficult to get past security to attend the seminar. To avoid difficulties, please email one of the organizers with your name. We will try to get people visitor stickers at the Strand Building reception. It may help to show them the following invitation letter.Contact
If you have a topic you would like to see, or any other query, please contact one of the organizers:
Subscription
To receive updates about upcoming talks, you can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email with subject "Subscribe" to maths-juniorgeom-subscribe@ucl.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can register here.
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Upcoming Talks
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Title: What is the moduli spaces of relative stable maps to P^1?
Speaker: Cat Rust
Monday 21st October, 17:30–18:30, S5.20 Strand Building KCL
We will begin by introducing the moduli space of stable, n-marked, genus zero curves, M_{0,n}, and its compactification. We will then turn our focus to the moduli space, M(x), of relative stable maps to nodal curves, which gives a family of birational models for M_{0,n}. We will do many examples and calculations throughout, with the aim to give you a good feel for these moduli spaces!
Past Talks
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Title: What are canonical metrics?
Speaker: Enric Solé-Farré
Monday 14th October, 17:30–18:30, S5.20 Strand Building KCL
What is the “best” metric a manifold can admit? While this well depends on your chosen definition of best, this question has driven Riemannian geometers over the last century. During this talk, we will explore different incarnations of this problem. We will focus on the Yamabe problem, the Einstein problem and special holonomy metrics.
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Title: What is knot theory?
Speaker: Maartje Wisse
Monday 7th October, 17:30–18:30, S5.20 Strand Building KCL
We introduce the concept of a knot and explain its significance in low-dimensional topology as well as cover some of the common techniques and approaches people bring to this subject. Expect lots of diagrams!