SMRI Seminar ’Conformal Bach flow’ Peng Lu (University of Oregon) Thursday 10 August 1:00-2:00pm (AEST) Carslaw 375 & online via Zoom (Register/Join https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85686017355) Abstract: We introduce conformal Bach flow and establish its well-posedness on closed manifolds. We also obtain its backward uniqueness. To give an attempt to study the long-time behavior of conformal Bach flow, assuming that the curvature and the pressure function are bounded, global and local Shi’s type $L^2$ estimate of derivatives of curvatures are derived. To make the talk more accessible, we will spend some time to survey on high order parabolic curvature flow. This is a joint work with Jiaqi Chen of Xiamen University and Jie Qing of UCSC. ---- Please join us after the seminar for SMRI afternoon tea, 2:00-2:45pm every Thursday on the SMRI Terrace (accessed through A14-04-L4.36) ---- Other upcoming SMRI events can be found here: https://mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/news-events/ SMRI YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@SydMathInst