Date/Time Date(s) - 15/11/20242:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Hamilton Hall, Room 410, Zoom
Speaker: Francisco Villacis (University of Waterloo)
Title: An Introduction to Morse Homology
Abstract: Morse theory has been around for many years and has had important applications in various areas of mathematics and physics. In this talk I will outline one specific approach to Morse theory due to Smale, which eventually served as motivation for the construction of Floer homology.