Monday, November 13, 2017 4:00 pm
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4:00 pm
EST (GMT -05:00)
Kevin Costello, Perimeter Institute
"An introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence for mathematicians"
The AdS/CFT correspondence has been of central importance in theoretical physics for the past 10 years. It is a correspondence between conformal field theories in d dimensions and gravity in d + 1 dimensions.
This talk will be an attempt to introduce this topic to a mathematical audience. No previous knowledge of conformal field theory will be assumed.
MC 5501