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<div align="center"><big><b><big>Welcome to the 2025
Spring talks of ODTU-Bilkent Algebraic Geometry
Seminars</big></b></big><b><br>
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<div align="center"><i>since 2000</i><br>
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This week the <a
href="http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~sertoz/agseminar.htm"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ODTU-Bilkent
Algebraic Geometry Seminar</a> is <b>online</b><br>
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<i><font color="#ff00ff">This talk will begin at <u><b>15:40</b></u><u> (GMT+3)</u></font></i><br>
<a
href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ODT%C3%9C-Bilkent+Algebraic+Geometry+Seminar&iso=20250411T1540&p1=19&ah=1"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Please check
your time difference between Ankara and your city here</a><br>
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<div align="center"><i>Van Gogh (1853-1890)</i><br>
<div align="left"><b><b><font color="#ff0000">Speaker:
</font><a
href="https://www.sas.rochester.edu/mth/people/faculty/salur-sema/index.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">Sema Salur</a></b><b><font
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</font></font></b></b><b><b><font
color="#ff0000">Affiliation: </font><i>Rochester/Bilkent</i></b></b></div>
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<div align="left"><b><b><font color="#ff0000"> Title: <font
color="#000000">Manifolds with Special
Holonomy and Applications</font></font></b><br>
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<div align="left"><b><b><font color="#ff0000">Abstract: </font></b></b>The
talk will focus on manifolds with special holonomy, a
class of spaces whose infinitesimal symmetries play a
crucial role in M-theory compactifications. M-theory,
often referred to as the "theory of everything," has
emerged in recent decades as a leading candidate for
unifying the four fundamental forces of nature:
electromagnetism, gravity, and the weak and strong
nuclear forces.<br>
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We will begin with a brief introduction to Calabi-Yau
and G₂ manifolds, followed by an overview of my recent
research on the connections between symplectic, contact,
and calibrated structures in these manifolds.</div>
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<div align="left"><font color="#ff0000"><font
color="#000000"><b><font color="#ff0000">Date:<font
color="#000000"> 11 April 2025</font></font></b>,
<b>Friday</b></font></font><br>
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<div align="left"><font color="#ff0000"><font
color="#000000"><b><font color="#ff0000">Time: </font>15:40 <i>(GMT+3)</i></b><br>
<b><font color="#ff0000">Place: </font></b><font
color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><b>Zoom</b></font></font></font></font></div>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font
color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><b><b
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">One
day before the seminar, an announcement
with the Zoom meeting link will be sent to
those who registered with Sertöz.<br>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font
color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><b><b
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">If
you have registered before for one of the
previous talks, there is no need to
register again; you will automatically
receive a link for this talk too.<br>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font
color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><b><b
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">If
you have not registered before, please
contact him at <a
href="mailto:sertoz@bilkent.edu.tr?subject=Zoom%20Seminar%20Address%20Request"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">sertoz@bilkent.edu.tr</a>.</b></b></font></font></font></font></p>
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<div align="left">You are most cordially invited to
attend.</div>
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<div align="left">Ali Sinan Sertöz</div>
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<div align="center"><b><font color="#0080c0"><i><b><font
color="#0080c0"><i>This seminar series is
organized by a joint team from ODTÜ and
Bilkent<br>
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Alexander Degtyarev (Bilkent)<br>
Ali Sinan Sertöz (Bilkent) contact person<br>
Ali Ulaş Özgür Kişisel (ODTÜ)<br>
Yıldıray Ozan (ODTÜ)<br>
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Bilkent University, Department of Mathematics, 06800 Ankara, Türkiye
Office: (90)-(312) - 290 1490
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