KTH/Nordita/SU seminar in Theoretical Physics

Non-Commutative Curvature, and a New Formulation of Classical Geometry

by Jens Hoppe (Mathematics, KTH)

Europe/Stockholm
FD51 (OBS)

FD51 (OBS)

Description
For matrix analogues of embedded surfaces discrete versions of curvature and the Euler characteristic will be presented, illustrating the new notions by a large class of examples. If time permits, a new Hamiltonian formulation of membranes moving in curved space will be discussed.