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Colloquium
2023-11-06 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
STEVEN RAYAN, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN

“MODULI SPACES AND QUANTUM MATTER: FROM MATERIALS TO PURE
MATHEMATICS AND BACK"

The advent of topological materials, a form of physical matter with
unusual but useful properties, has brought with it unexpected new
connections between physics and pure mathematics. As the name
suggests, topology has played a significant role in understanding and
classifying these materials. In this talk, I will offer a brief look
at a vast extension to this story, arising from my work with various
collaborators over the last three years, that sees complex algebraic
geometry — in particular, Riemann surfaces and moduli spaces
associated to them — being used to anticipate new models of quantum
matter. There will be lots of pictures.

MC 5501
