We will investigate various notions of hyperbolicity in Riemannian and complex geometries, with a focus on some conjectures (due to Hopf, Singer, etc.) on Euler characteristic of compact aspherical manifolds.
6 Sep 2019
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Where
Lecture Theater F, Academic Building, 1/F (near Lifts 25 - 26)
Speakers/Performers
Prof. Binglong CHEN
Department of Mathematics, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Organizer(S)
Department of Mathematics
Contact/Enquiries
mathseminar@ust.hk
Payment Details
Audience
Alumni, Faculty and Staff, PG Students, UG Students
Language(s)
English
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