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SUMMARY:Singularities of geometric flows: an amateur's introduction -  Max
 im Jeffs
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CONTACT:Adrian Dawid
DESCRIPTION:Using a partial differential equation to 'flow' some geometric
  structure on your manifold towards a 'more canonical' one is a powerful t
 echnique in many parts of differential geometry. Unfortunately\, solutions
  to these equations usually don't exist for all time: 'singularities' can 
 form\, which can sometimes be 'removed' with some sort of 'surgery' operat
 ion — a local geometric modification to your manifold that allows the fl
 ow to continue. I'm definitely not an expert in this field but I'll try to
  give a down-to-earth explanation of what the terms in quotation marks mea
 n\, illustrated with some examples I've managed to understand. I'll finish
  with some wild speculation about how all this might apply to symplectic g
 eometry (plus some joint work in progress).
LOCATION:CMS\, MR14
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