Reporter: Yu Feng(Nankai University)
Time: 14:00, Apr 9, 16:00, Apr 18, 25, 2024
Place: Room 5504 (Apr 9), room 5501 (Apr 18, 25), the Fifth Teaching Building
We follow N. J. Hitchin's celebrated paper (Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 55 (1987) 59-126) to present foundational results regarding Higgs bundles on compact Riemann surfaces. This includes discussing fundamental topics such as Hitchin equation and stability of Higgs bundles, among others.