[Binghamton Geometry/Topology Seminar] Fwd: Oct 13

[Dmytro Savchuk]

                   BINGHAMTON GEOMETRY/TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

*Date:*  Thursday, Oct 20, 2011
*Time:*  2:50-3:50pm
*Place:*  Library North 2205 followed by coffee/tea in the Anderson Reading
Room.

*Speaker:* Somnath Basu* *(Binghamton University)
*Title: *An Introduction to String Topology
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Abstract:*  String topology is basically the study of algebraic structures
present in
the free loop space of a manifold. The seminal paper of Chas and Sullivan
which started this topic was motivated by works of Goldman and Turaev. We
shall review the background of Goldman and Turaev's work for surfaces and
lead to its more modern interpretations which has significant connections
to other topics of current research.*
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