[Seminar] "Peg problems and symplectic geometry" by Andrew Lobb

Title: Peg problems and symplectic geometry.

Abstract: The unsolved Toeplitz Square Peg Problem was posed in 1911.  It asks whether all Jordan curves (subsets of the real plane homeomorphic to a circle) contain four points at the vertices of a square. We shall discuss this problem and related "peg" problems.  They sometimes admit a description in terms of symplectic geometry.
No prior knowledge of pegs or of symplectic geometry assumed.  (Joint work with Josh Greene).

Speaker: Andrew Lobb (Durham University)

This talk will also be broadcast online via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 974 4775 6289
Passcode: 371131

Language: English


This lecture is part of the  Thematic Program on “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT).