Lecture

Gateways to the Moon and Local Floer Homology

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This lecture explores the problem of a falling stone hitting the moon, focusing on gateways to the moon and local Floer homology. It discusses the joint work of Edward Belbruno and Otto van Koert, analyzing the trajectory of a stone falling from Earth to the moon in rotating coordinates.

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