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Seminars

Special Colloquium

Crossing bridges: VOAs from topology and geometry

2024/12/24 (Tue.) 15:30~16:30
  • Date : 2024/12/24 (Tue.) 15:30~16:30
  • Location : Auditorium, 6 Floor, Institute of Mathematics (NTU Campus)
  • Speaker : Ioana Coman (Kavli IPMU)
  • Abstract : I will discuss three instances where vertex operator algebras have appeared from the perspective of an auxiliary geometry or topology: i) isomonodromic deformations of differential equations which represent quantum curves, ii) topological invariants of 3-dimensional manifolds, and iii) Nakajima quiver varieties. Each perspective has a specific set of analysis or computational tools — such as exact WKB analysis or modularity — which in turn provide answers to various puzzles and insights to new structures, with physical applications.
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