An Invitation to Geometry and Topology via G2

The three main courses are:

• Special holonomy. (Robert Bryant, Duke) 
• Calibrated submanifolds. (Jason Lotay, UCL) 
• G₂ manifolds. (Johannes Nordström, Bath) 

There will be three guest lectures by:

• Nigel Hitchin (Oxford) The variational approach to G₂ geometry
• Bobby Acharya (KCL) Theoretical physics and its connections with G₂ geometry
• Mark Haskins (Imperial) Recent advances in research in G₂ geometry

These lecture courses will be supplemented by tutorial sessions. 

Applications: Applications should be made using the registration form available via the Society’s website. Research students and post-docs in mathematics and in theoretical physics are particularly encouraged to apply.

The closing date for applications is Monday May 12^th 2014. Numbers will be limited and those interested are advised to make an early application. 

*All applicants will be contacted within two weeks after the deadline; information about individual applications will not be available before then*

Fees

All research students and early career researchers will be charged a registration fee of £150.  There will be no charge for subsistence costs.

Other participants will be charged a registration fee of £250 plus the full subsistence costs (£350) £600 in total.

Some contribution to travel costs will be available for both UK-based and overseas-based participants.

Image: Uli Harder (Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike)