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SUMMARY:Isolated hypersurface singularities and symplectic geometry - Ails
 a Keating (Columbia/Trinity College)
DTSTART:20150722T133000Z
DTEND:20150722T143000Z
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CONTACT:HoD Secretary\, DPMMS
DESCRIPTION:Given a complex polynomial with an isolated singular point\, o
 ne can associate to it a number of invariants belonging to symplectic geom
 etry. The simplest is the Milnor fibre of this singularity: a smoothing of
  the fibre of the singular value\, which naturally carries a symplectic st
 ructure. We will show that simple surface singularities (i.e. those of typ
 e ADE ) can by characterized by symplectic properties of their Milnor fibr
 es. More generally\, we will explain how revisiting classical singularity 
 from the perspective of symplectic geometry\, a program suggested by Arnol
 ’d\, can yield interesting results for both sides.\n\nThis talk will not
  assume any prior knowledge of symplectic geometry.
LOCATION:CMS\, MR12
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