This is an introductory course in symplectic geometry. We will cover some foundations of symplectic geometry (such as local theory, Lagrangian submanifolds and Hamiltonian flows). The last part of the course will be devoted to symplectic capacities and some rigidity results.
Lernziel
Get acquainted with the basics of symplectic geometry
Literatur
- Lectures on Symplectic Geometry, by A. Cannas da Silva (Springer) - Introduction to Symplectic Topology, by D. McDuff and D. Salamon (Oxford) - Symplectic Invariants and Hamiltonian Dynamics, by H. Hofer and E. Zehnder (Birkhäuser)
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes
Prerequisites: Familiarity with differential geometry (in particular, differential forms and vector fields on manifolds) and with topology (including elementary algebraic topology) will be assumed.
Kompetenzen
Fachspezifische Kompetenzen
Konzepte und Theorien
geprüft
Methodenspezifische Kompetenzen
Analytische Kompetenzen
geprüft
Problemlösung
geprüft
Persönliche Kompetenzen
Kreatives Denken
gefördert
Kritisches Denken
gefördert
Leistungskontrolle
Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird)