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Geometry & Topology Seminar (1/2)

Friday, March 6, 2026
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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Linde Hall 310
3-symmetric spaces, their moduli, and Ricci solitons
Tommy Murphy, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cal State Fullerton,

Riemannian 3-symmetric spaces are a natural generalization of the classical symmetric spaces of Cartan. Their classification has been open since the pioneering work of Gray and Wolf in the sixties, which focused on the semi-simple case. I will outline the full classification, stressing some of the more remarkable features including their rich moduli space structure. As a by-product, a very general construction of Ricci solitons is presented which is of independent interest.

For more information, please contact Caltech Mathematics Group by phone at 6263954335 or by email at [email protected].