Events

Aissa Wade, Penn State University

"On generalized contact geometry"

Generalized contact manifolds are odd-dimensional analogues of generalized complex manifolds. In this talk, I will review aspects of generalized contact geometry. I also will discuss interactions between generalized contact geometry and other areas of mathematics. Examples of generalized contact manifolds will be provided. If time permits, I’ll explain the integration problem for holomorphic Jacobi manifolds.

Roberto Hernandez-Palomares, Texas A&M University

"Q-systems and higher unitary idempotent completion for C*-algebras"

Q-systems were introduced by Longo to study finite index inclusions of infinite von Neumann factors. A Q-system is a unitary version of a Frobenius algebra object in a tensor category or a C* 2-category. By work of Müger, Q-systems give an axiomatization of the standard invariant of a finite index subfactor.

Spiro Karigiannis, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Intro to calibrated geometry"

I will give a brief introduction to the ideas of calibrated geometry, as introduced in 1982 by Harvey-Lawson. In particular I will focus on the Kahler, special Lagrangian, and associative calibrations.

Zoom link: https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/j/95873618652?pwd=OENSeFdERzUzV2NkM3hjQ0F1MzFYUT09

Jon Herman, University of Toronto Mississauga

"An Overview of MathMatize"

Gaston N'Guerekata, Morgan State University

"Almost automorphic evolution equations"

Ping Zhong, University of Wyoming

"A surprising connection between Brown measures of Voiculescu's circular element and its elliptic deformations"

Spencer Whitehead, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Integrality theorems for symmetric instantons"

A symmetric instanton is a solution to the finite-energy anti-self-dual instanton equation on R^4 in which the connection commutes with some perscribed group of symmetries. This talk introduces the symmetric ADHM equations for structure group SU(N), and how index-theoretic methods can be used to derive integrality theorems for different symmetry groups.

Alexandre Girouard, Université Laval

"A tale of isoperimetry and eigenvalues"

Aaron Tikuisis, University of Ottawa

"Classifying embeddings of C*-algebras"

Anton Iliashenko, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Curvature of almost Hermitian manifolds"

Let $(M, g, J)$ be a Riemannian manifold with $g$-orthogonal almost complex structure $J$. The Riemann curvature tensor satisfies certain identities involving the torsion $\nabla J$. We will focus on the Kahler case (when $\nabla J = 0$) and if time permits we will make some remarks about the general case.

This seminar will be held jointly online and in person: