Abelian gauge fields and duality
Joint Math/CMSA Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed, Harvard Math & CMSA Title: Abelian gauge fields and duality Abstract: Motivated by the new paper arXiv:2603.19161, I will give […]
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Interpolation for points in $\mathbb{P}^N, N\geq 2$
Algebra Seminar Speaker: Dipendranath Mahato, Tulane University Title: Interpolation for points in $\mathbb{P}^N, N\geq 2$ Abstract: Interpolation problems study hypersurfaces in projective space passing through prescribed sets of points. Classically, […]
Higgs and Coulomb branches: Geometry and Representation Theory
Member Seminar Speaker: Vasily Krylov Title: Higgs and Coulomb branches: Geometry and Representation Theory Abstract: Higgs and Coulomb branches of quiver gauge theories form two important families of Poisson varieties that are […]
Zigzags, adjoints, and bordisms
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Riva (Harvard CMSA) Title: Zigzags, adjoints, and bordisms Abstract: We will learn how to freely add adjoints to a category using […]
Introduction to A-infty categories
Joint Math/CMSA Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Ahsan Khan, Harvard CMSA Title: Introduction to A-infty categories Abstract: I will give a pedagogical account of A-infty categories and the various […]
Boundedness for K-trivial varieties with fibrations
Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: François Greer, MSU Title: Boundedness for K-trivial varieties with fibrations Abstract: According to the Beauville-Bogomolov decomposition theorem, any smooth K-trivial variety admits a finite cover […]
The Intermingling of Symmetry and Parametrization in Matrix Product States
Member Seminar Speaker: Daniel Spiegel Title: The Intermingling of Symmetry and Parametrization in Matrix Product States Abstract: In the study of quantum spin systems, it is by now well-known that interesting phases […]
Compression Is All You Need: Modeling Mathematics
Freedman Seminar Speaker: Mike Freedman, Harvard CMSA Title: Compression Is All You Need: Modeling Mathematics Abstract: The talk will exposit a recent eponymous arXiv posting with coauthors Vitaly Aksenov, Eve […]
Higher current algebras and chiral algebras
Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Charles Young (University of Hertfordshire) Title: Higher current algebras and chiral algebras Abstract: Vertex algebras capture physicists' notion of OPEs in chiral CFTs, in complex dimension one. […]
Enacted collective cognition: Brainless problem-solving in weaver ants
Colloquium Speaker: Ofer Feinerman, Weizmann Institute of Science Title: Enacted collective cognition: Brainless problem-solving in weaver ants Abstract: Unlike most ants, weaver ants construct their nests by pulling together leaves. […]
The classifying space of a Morse flow category
Joint Math/CMSA Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Riva, Harvard CMSA Title: The classifying space of a Morse flow category Abstract: Following a paper of Calle and Liu we […]
Transcendental Epsilon Multiplicity via Divisor Volumes
Algebra Seminar Speaker: Sudipta Das, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Title: Transcendental Epsilon Multiplicity via Divisor Volumes Abstract: In this talk, our goal is to establish a structural bridge between asymptotic […]