Hebrew University topology and geometry seminar



December 14, 2011
1100
Manchester building, Room 209



Lev Buhovski

University of Chicago

On the uniqueness of Hofer's geometry




Abstract: In this talk we address the question whether Hofer's metric is unique among the Finsler-type bi-invariant metrics on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of a closed symplectic manifold. The talk is based on a joint work with Yaron Ostrover.