MAT757 Seminar: symplectic and orthogonal geometry
Spring semester 2019
Mondays, 15-17h, in room Y27 H28 at the
Math
Institute
Coordinator: Jonathan Lorand
(The university page for the seminar is there).
The plan is to read parts of chapters I and III from Emil Artin's
classic book "Geometric Algebra".
You can have a look at the book here, and also download a PDF, if you like.
There are also several copies of the book at the university library.
Here is the tentative schedule:
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 18.02 | Jonathan | Introductory meeting, distribution of talks |
| 25.02 | TBD | Chapter I, Sections 1 & 2 |
| 04.03 | TBD | Chapter I, Section 3 |
| 11.03 | TBD | Chapter I, Section 4 |
| 18.03 | TBD | Chapter I, Section 5 |
| 25.03 | TBD | Chapter I, Section 6 |
| 01.04 | TBD | Recapitulation |
| 08.04 | No meeting | (Sechselaeuten) |
| 15.04 | TBD | Chapter III, Sections 1 & 2 |
| 22.04 | No meeting | (Easter break) |
| 29.04 | TBD | Chapter III, Section 3 |
| 06.05 | TBD | Chapter III, Section 4 |
| 13.05 | TBD | Chapter III, Section 5 |
| 20.05 | TBD | TBD |
| 27.05 | TBD | Recapitulation |