Floer homotopy and bordism
- 👤 Speaker: Ivan Smith (Cambridge)
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 11 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
- 📍 Venue: MR13
Abstract
A central problem in symplectic topology is to understand the topology of exact Lagrangian submanifolds, for instance their ambient homology classes. Using recent developments in Floer homotopy theory, one can now give constraints on their generalised homology or bordism classes, by lifting certain computations from Floer chain complexes to Floer flow categories. This has applications to Arnold’s `nearby Lagrangian submanifold’ conjecture. This talk reports on joint work with Noah Porcelli.
Series This talk is part of the Geometry and Topology colloquium series.
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Ivan Smith (Cambridge)
Wednesday 11 March 2026, 16:00-17:00