Morse theory seminar (ETH 22/23)

ETH Zurich, 2022/2023 Spring semester Intorduction to Morse theory , ML F38, @16:15

• Main reference: John Milnor, Morse theory (cleaner print)

• Prerequisites: Toplogical spaces, manifolds, homology.

Plan:

• Mar 2: Chap 1&2 (Adrian, Nick)

• Mar 9: Chap 3&4 (Cécile, Pia)

• Mar16: Chap 6,7 (Jonathan)

• Mar 23: Chap 5 (Paul), Chap 8 (Loïc)

• Mar 30: Chap 9 (Siddharth), Chap 10 (Julius)

• Apr 6: Chap 11&12 (Ana, Nicolas) 

• Apr 13: no seminar

• Apr 20: Chap 13&14 (Nadja, Tosca)

• Apr 27: Chap 15&16 (Aaron, Vladimir)

•  May 4: Chap 17-19 (Anselm, Samarth)

• May 11: Intro to Lie groups+Chap 20&21 (Futo, Edoardo)

• May 18: no seminar

• May 25: Chap 22 (Adrien), Handlebodies (Harshul)

• Jun 1 (last seminar): Introduction to Floer homology (Yusuke)

Other useful information:

• Geomtery Graduate Colloquium

• Zurich Graduate Colloquium

• Junior Symplectic Geometry Seminar, ETH Zürich