Dr. Smirnov Lecture Series: Algebra and Analysis of Quantum Integrable Models Related to $U_q(sl _2)$

Title: Algebra and Analysis of Quantum Integrable Models Related to $U_q(sl _2)$ Program: Integrability in Modern Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Speaker: Dr. Fedor Smirnov, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center         WEEK 3 – Dr. Smirnov … Read more

Integrability Program Seminar Continued, Patrick Dorey “An Overview of ODE/IM”

Title: An Overview of ODE/IM Continued Program: Integrability in Modern Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Speaker: Patrick Dorey, Durham Date: Friday, September 21, 2012 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       Abstract: “ODE/IM” refers to a curious, and sometimes useful, connection between objects which arise in the study of simple ordinary differential … Read more

Topology Seminar, Leonid Polterovich “Symplectic Topology of Partitions of Unity”

Title: Symplectic Topology of Partitions of Unity Program: Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Connections to Low-Dimensional Topology Speaker: Leonid Polterovich, University of Chicago Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Place:Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       Abstract: We discuss quantitative aspects of the following phenomenon: certain finite open covers of closed symplectic … Read more

Integrability Program Seminar, Patrick Dorey “An Overview of ODE/IM”

Title: An Overview of ODE/IM Program: Integrability in Modern Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Speaker: Patrick Dorey, Durham Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012 Time: 11:15am – 12:15pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       Abstract: “ODE/IM” refers to a curious, and sometimes useful, connection between objects which arise in the study of simple ordinary differential equations … Read more

Dr. Smirnov Lecture Series: Algebra and Analysis of Quantum Integrable Models Related to $U_q(sl _2)$

Title: Algebra and Analysis of Quantum Integrable Models Related to $U_q(sl _2)$ Program: Integrability in Modern Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Speaker: Dr. Fedor Smirnov, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center         WEEK 2 – Dr. Smirnov will … Read more

Alexander Veselov, Mathematics and Physics of Calogero-Moser Systems

Title: Mathematics and Physics of Calogero-Moser Systems Speaker: Alexander Veselov, Loughborough University Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Place:Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center       Abstract: Calogero-Moser systems play a very special role in the modern theory of integrability. I will discuss their origins, some properties (both at classical and quantum level) … Read more

Janko Latschev, The Gromov Width of 4-dimensional Tori

Title: The Gromov Width of 4-dimensional Tori Speaker: Janko Latschev, Uni Hamburg Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Time: 11:15am – 12:15pm Place:Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       Abstract: In recent joint work with Dusa McDuff and Felix Schlenk we proved that every linear symplectic structure on T^4 admits a full filling with one symplectic … Read more

Denis Bernard, Integrability Aspects of Some Out-of-equilibrium Systems

Title: Integrability Aspects of Some Out-of-equilibrium Systems Program: Integrability in Modern Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Speaker: Denis Bernard, Ecole Normale Superieure Paris Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012 Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       Abstract: Integrable systems may have peculiar out-of-equilibrium behaviors (e.g. related to their thermalization properties). We shall describe … Read more