Title: N=2 gauge Theories and Quiver Representations
Speaker: Sergio Cecotti
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2013
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center
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Abstract: N=2 gauge theories are considered from the point of view of the representation theory of their (equivalence class) of quivers, or equivalently of basic (associative) algebra. The key observation is the strict relation between the Ringel theory of tame associative algebras and the N=2 SU(2) gauge theories. This can be generalized to an arbitrary gauge group, leading to a satisfactory algebraic theory of N=2 gauge models.