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Symplectic Geometry

Spring 2018, Cornell University

 

 

Lecturer: Liat Kessler

Lecture notes

Lectures 1-3, January 25, 30, February 1 2018, updated.
Symplectic linear algebra.
 
Lectures 4-6, February 6, 8, 13.
Symplectic manifolds and almost complex structures: basic definitions and examples.
 
Lectures 7-11, February 15, 22, 27, March 1, 6.
Local forms.
 
Lectures 12-16, March 8, 13, 15, 22, 27
Group actions: smooth, symplectic and Hamiltonian.
 
Lectures, April
The Convexity theorem and the toric case.
 
Kimoi Kemboi's lecture.
Morse-Bott theory