School of Mathematics

One of the primary goals of the mathematical analysis of algorithms is to provide guidance about which algorithm is the “best” for solving a given computational problem. Worst-case analysis summarizes the performance profile of an algorithm by its...

Monodromy of Lagrangian Fibrations

Edward Varvak

A compact hyperkahler manifold is a higher-dimensional analog of a K3 surface; Lagrangian fibrations of hyperkahler manifolds are higher-dimensional versions of elliptic fibrations of K3 surfaces. A result of Voisin shows that these fibrations yield...

The symplectic area of a Lagrangian submanifold L in a symplectic manifold is defined as the minimal positive symplectic area of a smooth 2-disk with boundary on L. A Lagrangian torus is called extremal if it maximizes the symplectic area among all...