Singularity formation under the mean-curvature flow

Date:

Tue, Nov 27 2012, 1:00pm - Tue, Nov 27 2012, 2:00pm

Location:

745 Patterson Office Tower

Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):

Professor Michael Sigal, University of Toronto

I will review recent results on singularity formation under the mean-curvature ﬂow. In particular, l will discuss the phenomena of neck-pinching and collapse of closed surfaces.

Event Series:

Analysis and PDE Seminar