Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar

Speaker: Saman Habibi Esfahani (CMSA)

Title: Geometric structures on gauge theoretic moduli spaces

Abstract: Motivated by Witten’s study of instantons on S3 x S1, we survey some classical and recent results, programs, and conjectures on geometric structures, such as symplectic and hyperkahler, on moduli spaces of instantons and monopoles on various manifolds, from a mathematical perspective. This talk serves as background for Max’s talk on 2/24.