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Sebastian Goette is a Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Freiburg, where he serves in the Department of Pure Mathematics. His office is located in Room 339 at Ernst-Zermelo-Straße 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. He teaches courses including Differential Geometry, Algebraic Topology, and Mathematics, with office hours held on Wednesdays from 13:00 to 14:00.
Professor Goette's research interests center on differential geometry, with particular focus on special holonomy, G2-manifolds, scalar curvature, and topological invariants. His work bridges pure mathematics with applications in mathematical physics, particularly in areas related to string theory and gauge theory. He employs advanced techniques from algebraic topology, spectral geometry, and Riemannian geometry to investigate the structure of manifolds and their classification.
Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on the geometry and topology of 7-manifolds with special holonomy, particularly G2-structures. His research spans both theoretical developments in invariant theory and concrete classification results for specific manifolds. The work often involves sophisticated interactions between analysis, topology, and geometry, with applications to mathematical physics.
Professor Goette is actively involved in multiple research collaborations, including the Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis and Physics, the Research Training Group Cohomological Methods in Geometry, and the DFG Priority Programme Geometry at infinity, where he leads project 04 on Secondary invariants of foliations. He is scheduled to take a sabbatical in summer 2025.
