Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar

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On the Geometry of Surfaces in Normed Spaces

Speaker: Dmitri Burago, Penn State University

Location: Warren Weaver Hall 201

Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 11 a.m.

Synopsis:

We will discuss a few problems in the geometry of surfaces in normed spaces. The questions may look elementary and even naive but in reality they prove to be rather hard and intriguing. We will be particularly interested in ellipticity of the most natural surface area functionals and in intrinsic geometry of surfaces in normed spaces.