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M-theory on nodal Calabi-Yau 3-folds and torsion refined GV-invariants

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Thorsten Schimannek (Utrecht University) Title: M-theory on nodal Calabi-Yau 3-folds and torsion refined GV-invariants Abstract: The physics of M-theory and Type IIA strings on a projective nodal CY 3-folds is determined by the geometry of a small resolution, even if the latter is not Kähler. We will demonstrate this […]

Homology, higher derived limits, and set theory

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Colloquium Speaker: Justin Moore (Cornell University) Title: Homology, higher derived limits, and set theory Abstract: Singular homology has a number of well-known defects when used to study spaces such as the Hawaiian earring and solenoids. It may not reflect the "shape" of the space and can give counterintuitive information about its dimension. One remedy of […]

When does a three-dimensions Chern-Simons theory have a time reversal symmetry?

Virtual

Speaker: Roman Geiko (UCLA) Title: When does a three-dimensions Chern-Simons theory have a time reversal symmetry? In this talk, I will discuss the time reversal invariance of (spin-) Chern-Simons theory in 3 dimensions at both classical and quantum levels. I will show how to obtain a complete classification of Abelian anyons with the time reversal […]

Exact lattice chiral symmetry in 2d gauge theory

Virtual

Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Aleksey Cherman (UMN) Title: Exact lattice chiral symmetry in 2d gauge theory Abstract: Preserving the symmetries of massless fermions is a well-known challenge in lattice field theory.  I'll discuss symmetry-preserving lattice regularizations of 2d QED with one and two flavors of Dirac fermions, as well as the `3450' chiral gauge theory. […]

On compactness phenomena

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Member Seminar Speaker: Alejandro Poveda Title: On compactness phenomena Abstract: In this presentation I shall be preoccupied with compactness phenomena in set theory. Compactness is the phenomenon by which the local properties of a mathematical structure determine its global behavior. This phenomenon is intrinsic to the very architecture of the mathematical universe and manifests to us in a […]

Approaches to the formalization of differential geometry

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

https://youtu.be/oiOpudgC0J4 New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Heather Macbeth, Fordham University Title: Approaches to the formalization of differential geometry Abstract: In the last five years, there has been early work on the computer formalization of differential geometry. I will survey the projects I am aware of. I will also describe two projects of my own, […]

Event Series Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar

Gauging spacetime inversions

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Daniel Harlow (MIT) Title: Gauging spacetime inversions Abstract: Spacetime inversion symmetries such as parity and time reversal play a central role in physics, but they are usually treated as global symmetries. In quantum gravity there are no global symmetries, so any spacetime inversion symmetries must be gauge […]

Event Series Member Seminar

Anti-Iitaka conjecture in positive characteristic

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

CMSA Member Seminar Speaker: Iacopo Brivio (Harvard) Title: Anti-Iitaka conjecture in positive characteristic Abstract: Given a smooth projective variety, its Kodaira dimension kappa(K_X) is an important invariant that measures the rate of growth of m-pluricanonical forms as a function of m. It serves as an higher-dimensional generalization of the genus of a Riemann surface. If f : X […]

CMSA/MATH Bi-Annual Gathering

Common Room, CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

On Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 the CMSA will host the CMSA/MATH Bi-Annual Gathering for Harvard CMSA and Math affiliates in the CMSA Common Room at 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138.

Event Series General Relativity Seminar

A quasi-local mass in general relativity

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

https://youtu.be/hmRFX1Js6IA General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Aghil Alaee, Clark University Title: A quasi-local mass in general relativity Abstract: In this talk, we define a new gauge-independent quasi-local mass and energy with respect to the Minkowski spacetime. In contrast to other quasi-local masses, this new quasi-local mass/energy has a quasi-local proof of positivity. This positivity property is for spacelike surfaces with any topology.  Moreover, we show […]

Event Series Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar

Algebraic billiards and dynamical degrees

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Max Weinreich (Harvard) Title: Algebraic billiards and dynamical degrees Abstract: Billiards is one of the most-studied dynamical systems, modeling the behavior of a point particle bouncing around some space. If the space is a plane region bounded by an algebraic curve, then we may use techniques from algebraic geometry […]

Event Series Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar

Quantum Circuits to local Hamiltonian: role in quantum complexity and new constructions 

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Anurag Anshu (Harvard) Title: Quantum Circuits to local Hamiltonian: role in quantum complexity and new constructions Abstract: At the heart of the theory of NP completeness lies a mapping from classical circuits to constraint satisfaction problems (classical local Hamiltonians). The quantum analogue of this is the remarkable history […]