Representation Theory, Geometry and Combinatorics Joint Seminar—Spring 2009


Organizers: Mark Haiman and Kolya Reshetikhin
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Time and place: Wenesdays 4:00-6:00pm, 939 Evans

Course Control Number: 54791

Subject matter: Current research and special topics in representation theory, geometry and combinatorics and their interactions.

Calendar:

January
28 Peter Tingley (Melbourne) The Fock space for affine sl(k) and representations of gl(n)
February
4 David Hill (UCB) Representation Theory for Affine Sergeev Algebras
11 Anders Buch (Rutgers) Quantum K-theory of Grassmannians
18 Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto) Categorical sl(2) actions and equivalences of categories
25 Matt Szczesny (Boston Univ.) Moduli problems and localization functors in orbifold CFT
March
4 Hiroshi Iritani (Kyushu) An integral structure in quantum cohomology
18 Jim Bryan (UBC) The orbifold vertex: counting curves on orbifolds by counting piles of colored boxes
25 — No seminar: spring vacation
April
1 Constantin Teleman (UCB) Chern-Simons theory in dimensions 0,1,2,3 via higher categories
Changing to Mondays 1-3 as of April 13
13 Harry Tamvakis (Maryland) Schubert calculus on isotropic Grassmannians and applications
20 Ajay Ramadoss (Cornell) A Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem for differential operators
27 Nick Proudfoot (Oregon) Goresky-MacPherson duality and deformations of Koszul algebras
May
Wednesday 4-6 again this week
6 Philippe Di Francesco (IPhT Saclay, France
and Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)		 Q-systems, paths and cluster positivity
11 — (open)
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