Coordinates: Monday, 6 September, 14:00-15:00, N202 in Hawken (50)
Speaker: Huai-Dong Cao (Lehigh University)
Title: Geometry of Ricci solitons
Abstract: Ricci solitons are extensions of Einstein metrics. They are special solutions to Hamilton's Ricci flow, and arise as singularity models in the Ricci flow. In this talk I will survey recent developments on the subject and present some classification results.