The 15th Takagi Lectures
June 27 (Sat)--28 (Sun), 2015
Lecture Theater (3rd floor), House of Creativity
Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan


Synthetic Theory of Ricci Curvature Bounds
Cédric Villani
(Université de Lyon and Institut Henri Poincaré)


Abstract

Synthetic theory of Ricci curvature bounds is reviewed, from the conditions which led to its birth, up to some of its latest developments.