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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/pure-mathematics/events/colloquium-32
SUMMARY:Colloquium
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DESCRIPTION:STEVEN RAYAN\, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN\n\n“MODULI SPACES A
 ND QUANTUM MATTER: FROM MATERIALS TO PURE\nMATHEMATICS AND BACK\"\n\nThe a
 dvent of topological materials\, a form of physical matter with\nunusual b
 ut useful properties\, has brought with it unexpected new\nconnections bet
 ween physics and pure mathematics. As the name\nsuggests\, topology has pl
 ayed a significant role in understanding and\nclassifying these materials.
  In this talk\, I will offer a brief look\nat a vast extension to this sto
 ry\, arising from my work with various\ncollaborators over the last three 
 years\, that sees complex algebraic\ngeometry — in particular\, Riemann 
 surfaces and moduli spaces\nassociated to them — being used to anticipat
 e new models of quantum\nmatter. There will be lots of pictures.\n\nMC 550
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