[Obersem. Diff. Geometry/Venue: Math. Center, Endenicher Allee 60] "The Yamabe Invariant of Complex Surfaces"

Please note the VENUE of this talk:
Math Center, Endenicher Allee 60, Room 0.011, Bonn University.
Contact: Stephan Stadler (stadler@mpim-bonn.mpg.de).

The Yamabe invariant is a real-valued diffeomorphism invariant coming from Riemannian geometry. Using Seiberg-Witten theory, LeBrun showed that the sign of the Yamabe invariant of a Kähler surface is determined by its Kodaira dimension. We consider the extent to which this remains true when the Kähler hypothesis is removed. This is joint work with Claude LeBrun.