Fields Geometric Analysis Colloquium

Event Information Title: Singularity formation in the mean curvature flow
Starts: 14:10 on Friday March 03, 2017
Ends: 15:00 on Friday March 03, 2017
Location: FI230, Fields Institute, 222 College St.
Speaker: Michael Sigal
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Institution: University of Toronto
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In this talk I will discuss recent results on formation of singularities under the mean curvature flow. In particular, I will describe the 'spectral' picture of singularity formation, present the neck pinching results obtained jointly with Zhou Gang and Dan Knopf and sketch their proof.

Background material:

http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/seminars/geometric-analysis-colloquium-0