Author Archive: raphy

U. Haifa Algebra seminar: Thursday, Oct 27, 2022. Speaker: Sergey Khoroshkin (IITP Moscow). Title: “Wave functions of hyperbolic Sutherland model”.

There will be a Special Algebra seminar on Thursday, Oct 27, 2022 01:00 PM Jerusalem In-person, in room 614 of the Science & Education Building, University of Haifa, Speaker:    Sergey Khoroshkin (IITP Moscow)Title: Wave functions of hyperbolic Sutherland model. Abstract:======== Following…
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U. Haifa Topology & Geometry seminar: Sunday, July 24, 2022. Speaker: Simona Paoli (Aberdeen). Title: “Weakly globular double categories and weak units”.

Time:         17:00 (Israel Time) Location:  Room 614 of the Science & Education Building, University of Haifa and on Zoom Recording link:https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/sYN7G8VN3MXfRuwaUOnvzT9ecrjTecjGgJs2YZu0AJXNFDkYdbidmfWzmtabE42N.WKmhxQ0j0aIqI9xl Abstract: Segal-type models of weak 2-categories are simplicial models of bicategories, and they comprise the Tamsamani model and the…
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U. Haifa Topology & Geometry seminar: Sunday, June 12, 2022. Speaker: Gil Bor (CIMAT, Mexico). Title: “Cusps of caustics by reflection in a convex billiard table”.

Time:         17:00 (Israel Time) Location:  In Room 614 of the Science & Education Building, University of Haifa and on Zoom Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/11wbNQ9drctg3GJjEHL784aCI9iAczSpRsOuPha69BFsCmeQl6KXclBCWauaFMNF.mJ2eReCfMakLrdia Abstract. We place a light source inside a smooth convex billiard table (or mirror). The n-th caustic by…
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U. Haifa Topology & Geometry seminar: Sunday, May 29, 2022. Speaker: Markus Upmeier (Aberdeen). Title: “Cobordism categories and Atiyah-Singer index theory”.

Time: 17:00 (Israel Time) Location: On Zoom Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/OCd0OzhQnH8AcW2AjbpVGS5hFi4vW11OkS6gE0sFu7oVeakAviNsc0RJMB0BeneB.nQls_DORtJQrjgt3 Abstract.   I will discuss work in progress that categorifies the analytic index of Atiyah-Singer in terms of a new construction using representation theory of Clifford algebras. My main theorem shows that…
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Colloquium: Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Speaker: Uzi Vishne (Bar-Ilan). Title: “Inclusion-exclusion, partial representations of semigroups, and nonassociative polynomials”.

You are also welcome to join us on Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83337601824 Time: 14:00 Abstract: The dimension of the space of multilinear products of higher commutators is equal to the number of derangements, $[e^{-1}n!]$. Our search for a combinatorial explanation for this…
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U. Haifa Topology & Geometry seminar: Sunday, May 22, 2022. Speaker: Andrew Salch (Wayne State). Title: “Stable homotopy groups and special values of L-functions”.

Time: 17:00 (Israel Time) Location: On Zoom Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/2p8IC8Cg-VEwNlgsDG_sQJRv-tPbLizEwXxI1DFuCzYujlmGkGa7ndhiUdxxLD9-.quz6ubBm7uCXOi-0 Abstract.  In this talk, I will survey the known relationships between stable homotopy groups of Bousfield localizations of finite spectra and special values of L-functions. Given a p-local finite spectrum X,…
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U. Haifa Topology & Geometry seminar: Sunday, May 8, 2022. Speaker: Sourav Das (Haifa). Title: “Title:  Higgs bundles on nodal curves”.

Time: 17:00 (Israel Time) Location: On Zoom Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/u3nIzULAEKHfZe3iCm0KZxftqdZ0Pzcjd0EGV3ipl6eZ_I_IOGMzzsCYk42k5sXJ.8zyeCrlu8P3ySdxb Abstract. In I987 Nigel Hitchin proved that the moduli space of Higgs bundles on a smooth projective curve (of genus greater than equal to 2) has a natural symplectic structure. In…
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