Fall 2018 Floer theory reading seminar

This is a tentative schedule for the Fall 2018 reading seminar on Floer homology. We will read Audin-Damian's book Morse theory and Floer homology.

Week Topic Sections Speaker
2 Organizational meeting. Overview of Floer homology and this reading seminar. Brief introduction to symplectic geometry. Excerpts Lipshitz
3 Introduction to symplectic geometry, the Arnol'd conjecture 5.1-5.4, 5.6, 6.1 Jesse
4 Outline of the definition of Floer homology, proof of the Arnol'd conjecture 5.5, 6.1-6.4, 12.1 Mike
5 Compactness 6.5, 6.6 Mauricio
6 Maslov index 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Keegan
7 Transversality 8.1-8.9 Shida
8 Gluing 9.1-9.6 Mauricio
9 Relation to Morse theory 10.1-10.4 Mike
10 Invariance of Floer homology and conclusion of the proof of the Arnol'd conjecture 11.1-11.6 Keegan