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Block seminar: Scalar curvature rigidity
Semester
WiSe 2025 / 26

Lecturer
Bernd Ammann

Type of course (Veranstaltungsart)
Seminar

German title
Block seminar: Starrheit von Skalarkrümmung

Contents
Among the classical curvatures, scalar curvature is the weakest one. As a consequence, it remains thus a challenging question whether a given manifold (possibly with boundary, with corners or singularities) carries a metric of positive or non-negative scalar curvature, assuming suitable behavior at the boundary or close to the singularities.

In the past, the Atiyah-Singer index theorem provided a tremendous source for statements related to positive/nonnegative scalar curvature. Amazingly, the field got new impetus in the recent years, by focussing on new types of questions, and new applications of index theoretic methods, driven in particular by Gromov's article "Four Lectures on scalar curvature". Other progress in the field is related to recent advances in general relativity.

In this seminar we focus on some chosen aspects in the field that are well accessible to young mathematicians, and that are thus well-suited for our block seminar.

Literature
see program on web page

Recommended previous knowledge
see program on web page

Time/Date
Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2025

Location
Sulzbürg, see webpage

Course homepage
https://ammann.app.uni-regensburg.de/conferences/2025Blockseminar-Sulzbuerg/
(Disclaimer: Dieser Link wurde automatisch erzeugt und ist evtl. extern)

Registration

  • by email to Bernd Ammann
Course work (Studienleistungen)
  • Presentation: Giving a seminar talk of roughly 90 minutes
Examination (Prüfungsleistungen)
  • Detailed written report of the seminar talk
Modules
MV, MSem

ECTS
4,5