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Monday, December 9, 2013

10:00 am in 145 Altgeld Hall,Monday, December 9, 2013

Morse Theory and the Moduli Space of Curves

Susan Tolman (UIUC Math)

Abstract: Based on joint work with Bott and Weitsman, we will explain how to use Morse theory to calculate the Betti number of reduced spaces for proper Hamiltonian loop-group actions, such as the moduli space of curves.

5:00 pm in 241 Altgeld,Monday, December 9, 2013