Category: Algebra

August 1 – 31, 2019 » Quiver Varieties and Representation Theory

André Montpetit

Organizers: Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto), Hugh Thomas (UQAM)

The representation theory of quivers (and related preprojective algebras) has been studied by researchers from algebra, while the geometry of quiver varieties has been studied by researchers in geometric representation theory.  This activity will bring together members of these two communities to exchange recent progress and to stimulate further research and collaboration.  Among other topics, we will discuss quantization of quiver varieties, Coulomb branch constructions using quiver varieties, tilting theory for preprojective algebras, and categorification of cluster algebras.

August 5-9: Focus week on cluster algebras and quiver representations, with a mini-course by Pierre-Guy Plamondon
 
August 12-16: Workshop on quiver varieties and representation theory
 
August 19-23: Focus week on quiver varieties, with mini-courses by Michael Finkelberg and Hiraku Nakajima.
 
 

Some funding is available for graduate students and young researchers. Funding requests should include a brief letter explaining your interest and level of funding needed, as well as a cv, and should be sent to jkamnitz@math.toronto.edu .  

Students should also arrange for a letter of support to be sent by their supervisor.  Requests must be received by February 28; in some cases, requests received earlier may be acted on earlier.  

July 1 – 31, 2019 » Expansions, Lie Algebras and Invariants

André Montpetit

Organizers: Anton Alekseev (Genève), Dror Bar-Natan (Toronto), Roland van der Veen (Leiden)

Our workshop will bring together a number of experts working on “expansions” and a number of experts working on “invariants” in the hope that the two groups will learn from each other and influence each other. “Expansions” are solutions of a certain type of intricate equations within graded spaces often associated with free Lie algebras; they include Drinfel’d associators, solutions of the Kashiwara–Vergne equations, solutions of various deformation quantization problems, and more. By “invariants” we refer to quantum-algebra-inspired invariants of various objects within low-dimensional topology; these are often associated with various semi-simple Lie algebras. The two subjects were born together in the early days of quantum group theory, but have to a large extent evolved separately. We believe there is much to gain by bringing the two together again.

September 1 – 8, 2019 » Workshop on New Trends in Polynomial Differential Systems

André Montpetit

Organizers: Jaume Llibre (Barcelona), Dana Schlomiuk (Montréal)

Polynomial vector fields occur in many areas of applied mathematics such as for example in population dynamics, chemistry, electrical circuits, neural networks, shock waves, laser physics, hydrodynamics, etc. They are also important from the theoretical point of view. Three problems about these systems stated more than one hundred years ago are still open. Theoretical developments in this area of research are bound to shed light on these very hard open problems and have an impact on applications. In recent years a number of new significant results were obtained on families of polynomial vector fields. The goal of this workshop is to focus on these new developments, facilitate scientific exchanges and stimulate further activity in this growing area of research.

Some of the points which will be discussed are the following:

  1. The algebraic invariant theory of polynomial differential systems.
  2. Integrability of polynomial differential systems.
  3. Algorithms for effective computations of algebraic and geometric properties of polynomial vector fields.
  4. Hilbert’s 16th problem.
  5. Counting problems on particular solutions of polynomial vector fields.
  6. Singular perturbations problems occurring in planar slow-fast systems.