DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY/PDE/NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR

                            Monday, February 12

                              Padelford C401
                                  3:45 pm

                               Robin Graham
                        (University of Washington)


         Involutive Structures and the Edge-of-the-Wedge Theorem
                                  Part 2

The edge-of-the-wedge theorem is a well-known result concerning holomorphic
functions of several complex variables.  I will present a simple new proof
of this theorem using the notion of an involutive structure.  Involutive
structures are generalizations of complex and CR structures and have been
the focus of much research recently.  This is joint work with Michael
Eastwood.

In the first talk I defined involutive structures, discussed examples and
interesting behavior thereof, and analyzed in some detail the involutive
structure which arises in the edge-of-the-wedge theorem.  In this second
talk I will discuss and prove the edge-of-the-wedge theorem.  If there is
time I will also indicate how we came upon this--there is a connection with
integral geometry.


For more information about this seminar, view the Differential Geometry
Seminar World-Wide Web page at

    https://www.math.washington.edu/~lee/Seminars/dg.html


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