Speaker: 

Richard Schoen

Institution: 

UC Irvine

Time: 

Friday, March 5, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Host: 

Location: 

Zoom

We can think of a line as the shortest curve joining its endpoints and of a circle as the shortest closed curve enclosing a fixed area (isoperimetric problem). In this talk we will discuss what happens when curves are replaced by surfaces in such problems, and how the solutions of these problems can shed light on the differential geometry of curved spaces. 

Location: Zoom Address https://zoom.us/j/8473088589