09/12/2019

Conference concludes semester of symplectic geometry.

Professor Ioan Marcut se apresentou nesta segunda-feira (9)

“I am getting to know the faces of researchers who are very important to the field. Giving shape to the names of academics that I read for both my thesis and dissertation.” It is with enthusiasm that IMPA doctoral candidate Clarice de Souza speaks about the activities of the thematic semester in symplectic geometry, which ends this week with the International Conference on Poisson Geometry.

Until next Friday (13) Brazilian researchers and from other countries, such as the United States, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Mexico, Italy and Portugal, will participate in the conference. The event will provide a great cultural and mathematical exchange.

“The meetings, as a whole, have been very good. We had two congresses, several seminars, and many people from the field passing through IMPA. Both at the symplectic geometry events and now at the international conference, I was able to spend some time with specialists I wouldn't normally meet. So, I was able to clear up doubts, ask questions. Actions I wouldn't do by email. We have to take advantage of that,” commented Clarice.

Clarice é doutoranda no IMPA

USP professor Cristian Ortiz was one of the speakers on the first day of the conference. “Often you want to understand what is called 'phase space in physics,' and to do that, you solve certain equations. My presentation discussed how to adapt techniques from the geometry of 'good spaces' to 'bad spaces.' It's part of a project we've been developing for some time with professionals in the field working both inside and outside the country,” says the researcher, who moved from Chile to Brazil to study dynamical systems at IMPA and, throughout his career, migrated to the geometric field.

The first day of presentations came to an end with a lecture by Mexican professor Eduardo Velasco. The researcher, who currently works at the Federal Fluminense University, had previously participated in IMPA as an Olympic competitor, but was able to attend as a speaker for the first time during the international conference. In addition to the academic importance of the event, Eduardo said he was "amazed to be able to present in a setting like IMPA, in the middle of the tropical rainforest."

The full program for the International Poisson Geometry Conference can be found on the IMPA website , and the lectures will be streamed online .