Speaker: 

Jeff Streets

Institution: 

UC Irvine

Time: 

Friday, October 12, 2012 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

MSTB 120

What happens when we decrease the length of a closed curve in
the plane as fast as possible? This seemingly simple question has a very
nice answer which involves a beautiful combination of partial differential
equations and planar geometry. Come and get a glimpse of the amazing
subject of geometric flows!