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Workshop on the H-Principle and Beyond

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Explore advanced mathematical concepts in this comprehensive workshop featuring 17 specialized lectures on the h-principle and related topics in differential geometry, topology, and mathematical physics. Delve into cutting-edge research presentations covering overtwisted contact structures, Euler flows through contact geometry, local flexibility in partial differential relations, and Mather-Thurston theory applications. Examine holonomic approximation techniques, Beltrami field complexity, chaos in incompressible Euler equations on high-dimensional manifolds, and caustic flexibility with practical applications. Investigate controlled versions of the Mather-Thurston theorem, Hamiltonian geometry in compressible fluid dynamics, and regularity properties of embedded Poincaré disk limit sets. Study topological approaches to the Monge-Ampère equation without convexity assumptions, ampleness concepts in differential topology, and insights into the restricted 3-body problem. Learn about h-principles for locally conformal symplectic structures, flexibilization as localization processes, geometry-grounded problems involving PDEs and dynamics, and flexibility concepts in C^0 symplectic geometry. Gain exposure to state-of-the-art mathematical research from leading experts in differential topology, contact geometry, symplectic geometry, and dynamical systems theory.

Syllabus

Overtwisted = Tight in 3 dimensions - Francisco Presas Mata
Looking at Euler flows through a contact mirror: Universality, Turing… - Eva Miranda
Local flexibility for open partial differential relations - Bernhard Hanke
Mather-Thurston’s theory, non abelian Poincare duality and diffeomorphism groups - Sam Nariman
Holonomic Approximation through Convex Integration - Mélanie Theilliere
The many facets of complexity of Beltrami fields in Euclidean space - Daniel Peralta-Salas
Chaos in the incompressible Euler equation on manifolds of high dimensi - Francisco Torres de Lizaur
The flexibility of caustics and its applications - Daniel Alvarez-Gavela
A Controlled Mather Thurston Theorem - Mike Freedman
Hamiltonian geometry behind compressible fluids - Boris Khesin
Regularity of the limit set of embedded Poincaré Disks - Vincent Borelli
A topological view on the Monge-Ampere equation without convexity assumptions - Jonas Hirsch
Ampleness up to avoidance - Alvaro del Pino Gomez
A (slightly deeper) look into the restricted 3-body problem -Agustin Moreno
A h-principle for locally conformal symplectic structures - Mélanie Bertelson
Flexibilization as localization - Oleg Lazarev
On some geometry-grounded problems involving PDEs, Dynamics, and discretization - Dmitri Burago
Flexibility in C^0 symplectic geometry - Lev Buhovsky

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