MATH Seminar
| Title: Hopf's Conjecture and Aleksandrov's Theorem: Soap Bubbles Are Round Spheres (Part 1) |
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| Seminar: Analysis and Differential Geometry |
| Speaker: Pascal Philipp of Emory University |
| Contact: Vladimir Oliker, oliker@mathcs.emory.edu |
| Date: 2008-09-09 at 4:00PM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: 50 years ago Aleksandrov proved that the only embedded compact surfaces of constant mean curvature are round spheres. In this talk, Aleksandrov's proof and some interesting geometric techniques will be presented. |
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