Colloquium Schedule for Fall 1998 |

Some recent developments in quantization


Professor Alejandro Uribe
University of Michigan




Although formally very different, quantum mechanics(based on the theory of linear differential operators)and classical mechanics (Hamiltonian systems) are known tobe closely related. I will discuss several theorems thatexemplify this relationship. In particular I will talk about some recent methods of quantization of integralcompact symplectic manifolds and symplectic cobordisms.