Harmonic map flow for almost-holomorphic maps

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Alex Waldron, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fine Hall 314

In-Person Talk 

I'll discuss recent work on removability of finite-time singularities for 2D harmonic map flow with almost-holomorphic initial data (in the energy sense). This is relevant to a conjecture of Topping. Time permitting, I'll also discuss uniqueness of subsequential limits at infinite time.