Geometry & Topology Seminar

Woongbae Park, University of Pittsburgh

"Introduction of conformal heat flow of harmonic maps"

In this talk I will present a new type of flow, called conformal heat flow of harmonic maps. In the first part I introduce known behavior of heat flow of harmonic map, including finite time bubbling. In the second part I introduce the conformal heat flow which is designed to delay such finite time singularities. Finally, I briefly show short time existence and future conjectures.

This seminar will be held jointly online and in person:

• Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93859138328; Passcode: 436044
• Room: MC 5417