Elahe Khalili Samani, Syracuse University

Title: Positively curved manifolds with discrete symmetry

Abstract: Riemannian manifolds with positive sectional curvature
are of special interest in Riemannian geometry. While it is difficult to
classify all such manifolds, there are many results under additional
symmetry assumptions. In this talk, we review some of the results in the
presence of torus symmetry, and then discuss generalizations to the case
of discrete symmetry. This is based on joint work with Lee Kennard
and Catherine Searle.