Spiro Karigiannis, Pure Mathematics Department, University of Waterloo
“Calibrations, Instantons, and Branes: Part II”
We will continue our discussion of the approach to calibrated geometry of Leung-Lee in the language of instantons and branes on manifolds with vector cross product. In particular, we will define branes, and discuss the deformation theory of both instantons and branes. If time permits we will discuss complex (as opposed to real) vector cross products.