Large N Program Series: Ivan Kostov, IPhT, CEA-Saclay

Title: Two-dimensional random geometry: continuous and discrete approaches, Part 2 Program Website: Large N limit problems in Kahler Geometry Speaker: Ivan Kostov, IPhT, CEA-Saclay Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Time: 10:00am – 11:00am Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: This is an elementary introduction for non-specialists. Liouville … Read more

Knot Homologies Program Seminar: Aliakbar Daemi

Title:TBA Program Website: Knot homologies, BPS states, and SUSY gauge theories Speaker: Aliakbar Daemi Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]

Knot Homologies Program Seminar: Marko Stosic, Instituto Superior Tecnico

Title: HOMFLY homology of knots, Part 2 Program Website: Knot homologies, BPS states, and SUSY gauge theories Speaker: Marko Stosic, Instituto Superior Tecnico Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]

Large N Program Series: Alexander Abanov

Title: Geometrical responses of quantum Hall states Program Website: Large N limit problems in Kahler Geometry Speaker: Alexander Abanov Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 02:30pm – 03:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]

Large N Program Series: Ivan Kostov, IPhT, CEA-Saclay

Title: Two-dimensional random geometry: continuous and discrete approaches Program Website: Large N limit problems in Kahler Geometry Speaker: Ivan Kostov, IPhT, CEA-Saclay Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 01:00pm – 02:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: This is an elementary introduction for non-specialists. Liouville gravity. KPZ-DDK … Read more

Knot Homologies Program Seminar – Motohico Mulase, University of California, Davis

Title: Topological recursion and quantization Program Website: Knot homologies, BPS states, and SUSY gauge theories Speaker: Motohico Mulase, University of California Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]

Simons Courses: Special Seminar by Ryosuke Takahashi, Harvard

Title: The moduli space of S1-type zero loci for Z/2-harmonic spinors in dimension 3 and the guideline to define a new invariant Speaker: Ryosuke Takahashi, Harvard Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center   [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: Let M be a compact oriented 3-dimensional … Read more

Seminar by Andrew O’Bannon, University of Oxford

Title: A Monotonicity Theorem for Two-dimensional Boundaries and Defects Speaker: Andrew O’Bannon, University of Oxford Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Time: 12:00pm – 01:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center   [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: I will propose a proof for a monotonicity theorem, or c-theorem, for a three-dimensional Conformal Field Theory (CFT) … Read more

Large N Program Series: Joel Fine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Title: The second fundamental form of Kodaira embeddings, and quantization Program Website: Large N limit problems in Kahler Geometry Speaker: Joel Fine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Time: 02:00pm – 03:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: I will discuss the second fundamental … Read more

SCGP Weekly Talk: Alexander Turbiner, Nuclear Science Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Title: Solvable Schroedinger equations and representation theory Speaker: Alexander Turbiner, Nuclear Science Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Time: 01:00pm – 02:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center     [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: For any quantum Calogero-Sutherland (CS) Hamiltonian (rational, trigonometric, elliptic) for any root system: (I) … Read more