College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Mathematics Seminar Series - Fall 2002
Monday,
October 21, 2002
2:30 pm, Science 2-065
2:30 pm, Science 2-065
Maura Mast
University of Massachusetts BostonLength minimizing geodesics and conjugate points in two-step nilmanifolds
Abstract:
In the context of two-step nilpotent metric Lie groups, I'll
give an (intuitive) overview of some recent results concerning
the related problems of calculating the first conjugate point
(if it exists) of a geodesic and determining the length minimizing
geodesic between two points.
The presentations cover a large variety of topics and are intended for a general math audience. The seminar is organized by Prof. Alfred Noël and we usually meet Monday afternoons, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm.
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