| Joint IAS-PU Symplectic Geometry Seminar | |
| Topic: | Bihermitian Metrics and Poisson Deformations |
| Speaker: | Nigel Hitchin |
| Affiliation: | Oxford University |
| Date: | Friday, December 9 |
| Time/Room: | 4:30pm - 5:30pm/Fine Hall -- Room 322 |
A bihermitian metric (or generalized Kahler structure) involves a pair of complex structures and a metric compatible with both. The study of these is closely related to that of holomorphic Poisson structures on a manifold. A deformation theorem for such complex Poisson manifolds leads to a concrete description of certain pairs of complex structures and we show how these can generate bihermitian metrics.