A geometric inequality for length and volume in complex projective plane

Speaker
Mikhail Katz, Bar-Ilan University
Date
01/12/2019 - 13:00 - 12:00Add to Calendar 2019-12-01 12:00:00 2019-12-01 13:00:00 A geometric inequality for length and volume in complex projective plane    In the 1950s, Carl Loewner proved an inequality relating the shortest closed geodesics on a 2-torus to its area.  Many generalisations have been developed since, by Gromov and others.  We show that the shortest closed geodesic on an area-minimizing surface S for a generic metric on CP^2 is controlled by the total volume, even though the area of S is not.  We exploit the Croke--Rotman inequality, Gromov's systolic inequalities, the Kronheimer--Mrowka proof of the Thom conjecture, and White's regularity results for area minimizers. Department Seminar Room 216/201 אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - Department of Mathematics mathoffice@math.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public
Place
Department Seminar Room 216/201
Abstract

 

 In the 1950s, Carl Loewner proved an inequality relating the
shortest closed geodesics on a 2-torus to its area.  Many
generalisations have been developed since, by Gromov and others.  We
show that the shortest closed geodesic on an area-minimizing surface S
for a generic metric on CP^2 is controlled by the total volume, even
though the area of S is not.  We exploit the Croke--Rotman inequality,
Gromov's systolic inequalities, the Kronheimer--Mrowka proof of the
Thom conjecture, and White's regularity results for area minimizers.

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