Algebra Seminar

Speaker: Roman Bezrukavnikov, MIT

Title: Affine Springer fibers and representations

Abstract: Relating representation categories of interest, such of modules over the quantum group, to topology of loop spaces has been an important theme in representation theory for some decades. I will describe a result of this sort involving a geometric object that has not appeared in this context until now, an affine Springer fiber, and mention its applications. Based on a joint work with Pablo Boixeda Alvarez, Michael McBreen and Zhiwei Yun.