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Fields Geometric Analysis Colloquium

Talk Information
Title
Spinors and the geometry of positive scalar curvature

by Doug Stryker (Stanford University)

Start date and time
15:30 on Thursday May 07, 2026
Duration in minutes
60 (until 16:30 on Thursday May 07, 2026)
Room
Stewart Library, Fields Institute, 222 College St.
Streaming link
Streaming password
External video link
Talk link
https://seminars.math.toronto.edu/pages/seminars?case=view_talk&talk_id=1778182200-1776446952-962
Abstract

I will present forthcoming work on some new geometric consequences of positive scalar curvature. The proof uses the index theory for the Dirac operator on twisted spinor bundles developed by Gromov and Lawson.

Background info

http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/25-26/geometric-analysis-colloquium

Speaker Information
Full Name
Doug Stryker
Personal website
Institution
Stanford University
Institution URL
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto