Swiss Doctoral Program in Mathematics
Summer School ̉Metric GeometryÓ
25 – 30 August 2013
Les
Diablerets, Switzerland
The aim of this summer school is to provide an
introduction to aspects of metric geometry for doctoral students who are not experts
in the field but whose research requires familiarity with the topic. In recent
years, metric geometry has developed into a very active research field of
interest in its own, but it is also used in a lot of other areas: Riemannian
geometry, geometric group theory, complex analysis and dynamics, for example.
Metric geometry also appears as a basic aspect in the study of metric measure
spaces; these are of great importance in various directions of pure and applied
mathematics.
Mini courses:
1. Basics of Alexandrov geometry [abstract]
(8 hours)
S. Alexander (University of
Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
2. Gromov-Hausdorff distance and applications
[abstract] (4 hours)
P. Ghanaat (University of
Fribourg)
3. Gromov hyperbolic spaces [abstract]
(6 hours)
V. Schroeder (University of
Zurich)
Short
lectures:
1.
Gromov
hyperbolicity and pseudoconvexity [abstract]
Z.
Balogh (University of Bern)
2.
The boundary
at infinity [abstract]
A. Karlsson (University of
Geneva)
3.
Sobolev
spaces on metric measure spaces [abstract]
M. Troyanov (EPF Lausanne)
Here is a preliminary schedule
for the week.
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Practical
information
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Accommodation: H™tel les
Sources, Les Diablerets
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Cost:
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PhD students from CUSO universities: free (shared double room,
full pension); CHF 100 (single room supplement for the week).
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Other participants: CHF
132.00 per person/night (shared double room); CHF 155.00 per person/night
(single room).
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Arrival/Departure: Sunday 25August (before dinner) – Friday 30
August (afternoon).
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How to get there:
Registration: by e-mail to the organizers,
by 15 June 2013.
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Organizers
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Bruno Colbois (University of
Neuchatel)
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Stefan Wenger (University of
Fribourg)
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Supported
by:
