Andy Neitzke (Yale University) “Abelianization of flat connections, and its q-deformation”
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Abstract: Abelianization of flat connections is a construction motivated by supersymmetric quantum field theory, which has turned out to be connected to various bits of geometry — in particular, to Donaldson-Thomas theory, cluster algebra, the exact WKB method for analysis of ODEs, and hyperkahler geometry. In some of these subjects it is known that there exists a natural q-deformation which … Read More