Event Category: Berkeley String-Math Seminar

Berkeley String-Math Seminar

ABSTRACT: For a closed surface of genus 1 and 2 the q-skein algebra (of type A1) admits a description in terms of 1 resp. 3 commuting difference operators acting on commutative polynomials in 1 resp. 3 variables. This endows it with a stucture of a completely integrable quantum mechanical system. We argue that in higher genus analogous description exists, involving … Read More

ABSTRACT: Elliptic cohomology has always been a natural big brother to ordinary cohomology and K-theory. However, in contrast to the plethora of geometric objects that provide representatives for cohomology and K-theory classes, we do not know any geometric objects that provide representatives for elliptic cohomology. I will explain in this talk a step forward for the case of equivariant elliptic … Read More

ABSTRACT: For a two-periodic complex of vector bundles, Polishchuk and Vaintrob have constructed its localized Chern character. This is a generalization of the usual one. We explore some basic properties of this localized Chern character. In particular, we show that the cosection localization defined by Kiem and Li is equivalent to a localized Chern character operation for the associated two-periodic … Read More

ABSTRACT: Over ten years ago, Chiodo and Ruan proved a genus-zero global mirror theorem, relating the Gromov-Witten invariants of the quintic threefold to the corresponding Fan-Jarvis-Ruan-Witten invariants. Moreover, they suggested that the genus-zero relationship quantizes to an all-genus statement. In this talk, I’ll describe recent work with Huai-liang Chang, Shuai Guo, and Jun Li to compute higher-genus FJRW invariants and … Read More

ABSTRACT: I will explain a toy and ad hoc instance of mirror symmetry which relates compact Fukaya categories of certain simple plumbings of 3-spheres to derived categories arising from pairs of floppable curves in 3-folds. The appropriate big picture is largely absent. This talk reports on joint work in regress with Jonny Evans and Michael Wemyss.