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Geodesics and diffusion on sub-Riemannian manifolds

Lecturer: 
Course Type: 
PhD Course
Academic Year: 
2013-2014
Period: 
April-May
Duration: 
20 h
Description: 
  1. Riemannian and sub-Riemannian manifolds
  2. Distance, geodesics
  3. The intrinsic volume
  4. The Laplace Beltrami operator
  5. Computation of the heat kernel on the Heisenberg group and on the Grushin plane
  6. Diffusion on the diagonal and on the cut locus
Location: 
A-133
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