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<br><i>Date:</i> Thursday, Oct 20, 2011<br>
<i>Time:</i> 2:50-3:50pm<br><i>Place:</i> Library North 2205 followed by coffee/tea in the Anderson Reading Room.<br>
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<i>Speaker:</i> Somnath Basu<b> </b>(Binghamton University)<br><i>Title: </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">An Introduction to String Topology</span><div>
<i><br>Abstract:</i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">String topology is basically the study of algebraic structures present in</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">the free loop space of a manifold. The seminal paper of Chas and Sullivan<br>which started this topic was motivated by works of Goldman and Turaev. We<br>
shall review the background of Goldman and Turaev's work for surfaces and<br>lead to its more modern interpretations which has significant connections<br>to other topics of current research.</span><em> <br></em></div>
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