Bi-Co Math Colloquium with Professor Lisa Traynor

Abstract:

This fall, Bryn Mawr is opening up the structure of the colloquium to allow for more opportunities for Bi-Co faculty to speak on less formal talks. For example, speakers may be speaking about work in progress, work of others that they find interesting, outreach activities, or pedagogical topics. I will give the first colloquium in this more open format. I will speak about some “non-squeezing” problems that have been important in symplectic and contact topology. I’ll start by explaining the classic symplectic non-squeezing theorem, and toward the end, I will talk about some work in progress on a proof of a contact non-squeezing problem.