For more information about this meeting, contact Augustin Banyaga, Mari Royer, Aissa Wade, Diane Henderson.
| Title: | On the group of contact homeomorphisms |
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| Seminar: | Symplectic Topology Seminar |
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| Speaker: | Peter Spaeth, Penn State |
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| Abstract: |
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| On the group of contact homeomorphisms I, II
Let M be a smooth manifold with a contact form alpha. We define a
topology on the spaces of contact and strictly contact isotopies of M
and use it to define the collections of contact and strictly contact
homeomorphisms of M. The set of strictly contact homeomorphisms forms a
subgroup of all measure preserving homeomorphisms of M.
In the second lecture we shall discuss a number of results which can be
obtained when the contact form alpha is regular; in other words when the
Reeb flow of alpha defines the action of the circle on M.
This is a joint work with Augustin Banyaga. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB315 |
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| Date: | 11 / 13 / 2008 |
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| Time: | 01:25pm - 02:15pm |
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