Kolmogorov complexity and some of its applications to geometry
Speaker:
Alexander Nabutovsky, University of Toronto
Date and Time:
Friday, February 10, 2006 - 2:10pm to 3:00pm
Abstract:
I will explain the notions of Kolomogorov complexity and time-bounded Kolmogorov complexity of decision problems. These concepts turn out to be relevant for geometry, in particular, for study of critical points of Riemannian functionals (= functionals on spaces of isometry classes of Riemannian metrics on compact manifolds).