Workshop on Supergeometry and Bracket Structures in Mathematics and Physics
New Dates
Description
Supergeometry was originally developed as a unifying language describing bosonic and fermionic degrees of freedom and particularly supersymmetry. In the last decades, supergeometric language has merged with methods coming from homological and homotopical algebra, with the concept of $Q$-manifolds coming to the fore. Symbolically, the equation $Q^2=H$ ("supersymmetry algebra") characteristic for the previous period has been replaced by the "homological" equation $Q^2=0$. In the same time, the idea of "brackets" that in differential geometry had long been associated primarily with Lie brackets, has greatly expanded to include
Poisson structures and their generalizations, Lie algebroids and related structures, and various homotopy versions of Lie and Poisson brackets (such as $L_{\infty}$-, $S_{\infty}$-, and $P_{\infty}$-algebras), as well as further generalizations and mixture of all the above. This variety of bracket structures has developed either in supergeometric context from the start or rely on supergeometric methods as a tool. Particularly important is the description of concepts such as an $L_{\infty}$--morphism or a Lie algebroid morphism in terms of the unifying notion of a $Q$-morphism. On the other hand, the definition of the latter can be treated as an integrability or flatness condition, interpreted e.g. a classical equation of motion for Poisson sigma-models and leading to a generalization of curvature in fiber bundles. Besides the role as a powerful unifying language, supergeometry has developed itself in recent decades and in connection with other active areas such as geometry of moduli spaces or cluster algebras.
The workshop will touch on the mentioned topics as well as derived geometry, Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism and topological quantum field theory, Poisson structures and their relatives; complex supergeometry, super Riemann surfaces and super moduli spaces, generalized geometry, and others. It will give a platform for exchange of ideas and interaction for researchers in mathematics and mathematical physics coming from different backgrounds.
Schedule
09:00 to 09:25 |
Anton Zeitlin, Louisiana State University |
09:30 to 10:00 |
Anton Zeitlin, Louisiana State University |
10:00 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
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10:30 to 10:55 |
Sylvester Zhang, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Nicholas Ovenhouse, University of Minnesota |
11:00 to 11:25 |
Ekaterina Shemyakova, University of Toledo, Theodore Voronov, University of Manchester |
11:30 to 11:55 |
Ashish Srivastava, Saint Louis University |
12:00 to 12:30 |
Anna Felikson, Durham University |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch (at Fields)
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14:00 to 14:25 |
Jeffrey Rabin, University of California, San Diego |
14:30 to 14:55 |
Jeffrey Rabin, University of California, San Diego |
14:55 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 to 15:55 |
Boris Khesin, University of Toronto |
16:00 to 16:25 |
Boris Khesin, University of Toronto |
09:00 to 09:25 |
Alberto Cattaneo, Universität Zurich |
09:30 to 10:00 |
Alberto Cattaneo, Universität Zurich |
10:00 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
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10:30 to 10:55 |
Nikolay Grantcharov, University of Chicago |
11:00 to 11:25 |
Rita Fioresi, Universita' di Bologna |
11:30 to 11:55 |
Rita Fioresi, Universita' di Bologna |
12:00 to 12:30 |
Valentin Ovsienko, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and University of Reims |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch (at Fields)
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14:00 to 14:25 |
Alexandre Odesski, Brock University |
14:25 to 14:55 |
Alexandre Odesski, Brock University |
14:55 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 to 15:55 |
Vladimir Retakh, Rutgers University |
16:00 to 16:25 |
Vladimir Retakh, Rutgers University |
09:00 to 09:25 |
Mathieu Stiénon, The Pennsylvania State University |
09:30 to 10:00 |
Mathieu Stiénon, The Pennsylvania State University |
10:00 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
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10:30 to 10:55 |
Domenico Fiorenza, Sapienza Università di Roma |
11:00 to 11:25 |
David Carchedi, George Mason University |
11:30 to 11:55 |
David Carchedi, George Mason University |
12:00 to 12:30 |
Nadia Ott, University of Pennsylvania |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch (at Fields)
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14:00 to 14:25 |
Mario Garcia-Fernandez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
14:30 to 14:55 |
Mario Garcia-Fernandez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
14:55 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 to 15:55 |
Maxim Zabzine, Uppsala University |
16:00 to 16:25 |
Maxim Zabzine, Uppsala University |
09:00 to 09:25 |
Ping Xu, The Pennsylvania State University |
09:30 to 10:00 |
Theodore Voronov, University of Manchester |
10:00 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
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10:30 to 10:55 |
Ping Xu, The Pennsylvania State University |
11:00 to 11:25 |
Ping Xu, The Pennsylvania State University |
11:30 to 11:55 |
Sam Brady, University of Manchester |
12:00 to 12:30 |
Camille Laurent-Gengoux, Université de Lorraine, Institut ELie Cartan de Lorraine |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch (at Fields)
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14:00 to 14:25 |
Leonid Chekhov, Michigan State University |
14:30 to 14:55 |
Leonid Chekhov, Michigan State University |
14:55 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 to 15:55 |
Eckhard Meinrenken, University of Toronto |
16:00 to 16:25 |
Eckhard Meinrenken, University of Toronto |
09:00 to 09:25 |
Milen Yakimov, Northeastern University |
09:30 to 10:00 |
Milen Yakimov, Northeastern University |
10:00 to 10:30 |
Coffee Break
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10:30 to 10:55 |
Thomas Strobl, University of Lyon |
11:00 to 11:25 |
Thomas Strobl, University of Lyon |
11:30 to 11:55 |
Yuri Berest, Cornell University |
12:00 to 12:25 |
Yuri Berest, Cornell University |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch (at Fields)
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14:00 to 14:25 |
James Stasheff, University of Pennsylvania |
14:30 to 14:55 |
James Stasheff, University of Pennsylvania |
14:55 to 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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