Speaker:Dan Jane (DPMMS)
Venue: Old Combination Room, Trinity College
Time: 05/02/2007 20:30, drinks from 20:15

The Ricci Flow has caused much activity and excitement over the last twenty five years. For surfaces embedded in three dimensions the situation is easily visualised; I will try to give a brief overview of some of the ideas in order that we have a little geometric intuition in the area. Then I will explain a method to investigate the effects the Ricci Flow has on the straight lines of our (not straight at all) space.