Informal Geometric Analysis Seminar (2025.09-2026.06)

ORGANIZED BY: D. Cristofaro-Gardiner, T. Darvas, O. Hershkovits, Y. A. Rubinstein, Y. Liu
DATE: Tuesdays at 3:30 PM.
ROOM: MTH 1313.
PREVIOUS YEARS

The seminar aims to be a relaxed forum for researchers and graduate students interested in geometric analysis, and students of all levels are encouraged to attend and ask questions. Talks will focus on the "big picture" and key ideas and encourage interaction. Talks will be in one of two formats: a) 30-minute talks followed by a ~ 15-30 minute discussion, or b) 50-75 minute talks.

2025 Fall

  • October 21

    • Speaker: Carlos Esparza (Berkeley)

    • Title: Uniqueness of asymptotically conical shrinking gradient Kähler--Ricci solitons

    • Abstract: We show that, up to biholomorphism, a given noncompact complex manifold admits at most one shrinking gradient Kähler-Ricci soliton with Ricci curvature vanishing at infinity. Time permitting, we will also discuss how the technique for proving the uniqueness of the soliton vector field can be applied to other settings, such as AC Calabi-Yau manifolds.

  • November 4

    • Speaker: Ao Sun (Lehigh)

    • Title: TBA

    • Abstract: TBA

  • November 11

    • Speaker: Yueqiao Wu (JHU)

    • Title: TBA

    • Abstract: TBA

  • November 18

    • Speaker: Benjy Firester (MIT)

    • Title: TBA

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  • December 9

    • Speaker: Tang-Kai Lee (Columbia)

    • Title: TBA

    • Abstract: TBA

2026 Spring

    Driving and parking directions to UMD: Park in Paint Branch Drive Visitor Lot (highlighted in yellow in the lower right corner of the second map in the previous link), or in Regents Drive Garage (highlighted in the upper right corner). If you arrive after 4pm you do not need to pay: see the instructions in the previous link.