1923-2023, Centenaire de René Thom

Collection 1923-2023, Centenaire de René Thom

Organizer(s) Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (IHES)

Date(s) 20/09/2023 - 22/09/2023

linked URL https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/9880/

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The geometric ideas of René Thom related to manifolds with singularities

By Dennis Sullivan

This talk is about two papers of Rene Thom. Firstly, the famous one in the fifties in “Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici “ celebrated for its methods of transversality and cobordism, but where the originating problem or question related to the title is much less well known . Secondly, the one in the sixties “BAMS “ where the mysterious term “manifolds with singularities “ was completely revealed in terms of manifold strata with locally constant transversal structure. This , with examples and ideas revealing the appropriate context is rougher than smooth and as least as good as topological.

Information about the video

Date of recording 20/09/2023
Date of publication 02/10/2023
Institution IHES
Language French
Audience Researchers, Graduate Students
Format MP4

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