Posted September 10, 2003
Last modified January 27, 2004
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 237
Marco Schlichting, Universität Essen, Germany
Negative K-theory of derived categories
Visit supported by Visiting Experts Program in Mathematics, Louisiana Board of Regents. LEQSF(2002-04)-ENH-TR-13
Posted September 8, 2003
Last modified September 17, 2003
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 282
Helena Verrill, Mathematics Department, LSU
Examples of rigid Calabi-Yau 3-folds
Posted September 11, 2003
Last modified September 17, 2003
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3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 282
Paul van Wamelen, Mathematics Department, LSU
Analytic Jacobians in Magma
Posted October 15, 2003
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Room 239
Paul van Wamelen, Mathematics Department, LSU
Analytic Jacobians in Magma II
Posted September 12, 2003
Last modified March 2, 2021
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3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 282
Charles Neal Delzell, Mathematics Department, LSU
A generalization of Polya's theorem to signomials with rational exponents
Posted November 3, 2003
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 282
Eric Baxter, University of New Orleans
Prime time
Posted March 23, 2004
Last modified April 16, 2004
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 235(Originally scheduled for 3:40 pm)
Ling Long, Iowa State University
On Atkin-Swinnerton-Dyer congruence relations
Visit supported by Visiting Experts Program in Mathematics, Louisiana
Board of Regents LEQSF(2002-04)-ENH-TR-13
Posted April 26, 2004
Last modified April 27, 2004
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 235
Paulo Lima-Filho, Texas A&M
On the RO(Z/2)-graded equivariant cohomology ring of real quadrics
ABSTRACT: We provide a complete presentation of the RO(Z/2)-graded
equivariant cohomology ring of real quadrics under the action of the
Galois group. Then we exhibit its relation to classical objects in
topology and to motivic cohomology over the reals.
Visit supported by Visiting Experts Program in Mathematics, Louisiana Board of
Regents LEQSF(2002-04)-ENH-TR-13
Posted September 9, 2004
Last modified September 13, 2004
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 282
Helena Verrill, Mathematics Department, LSU
Finding the Picard Fuchs differential equations of certain families of Calabi-Yau varieties
Posted September 17, 2004
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 282
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Modular forms on noncongruence subgroups and Atkin-Swinnerton_Dyer congruences
Posted September 9, 2004
Last modified March 2, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 282
Marco Schlichting, Louisiana State University
Higher algebraic K-theory of forms and Karoubi's fundamental theorem
Posted September 9, 2004
Last modified September 30, 2004
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Lockett 282
Ambar Sengupta, Mathematics Department, LSU
Calculus Reform, or How (super)Algebra simplifies Calculus (on manifolds)
Posted September 17, 2004
Last modified October 19, 2004
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 282
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Hecke algebras and complex reflection groups
Posted September 10, 2004
Last modified March 2, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Tuesday, October 26, 2004 Lockett 282(Originally scheduled for Monday, October 4, 2004)
Robert Perlis, Mathematics Department, LSU
Disconnected thoughts on Klein's four group
Posted December 9, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
Locket 285
Marie-José Bertin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
TBA
Posted March 4, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 282
Augusto Nobile, Mathematics Department, LSU
Algorithmic equiresolution
Posted March 9, 2005
Last modified March 11, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 282
Jean Bureau, Louisiana State University
The Four Conjecture
Posted March 15, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 282
Jurgen Hurrelbrink, Mathematics Department, LSU
Quadratic Forms over Fields: The Splitting Pattern Conjecture
Posted March 15, 2005
Last modified May 8, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 282
Preeti Raman, Rice University
Hasse Principle for Classical groups
I will discuss a conjecture due to Colliot-Thélène about Hasse principle for algebraic groups defined over the function field of a curve over a number field. I will also describe its relation to the classification of hermitian forms over such fields.
Posted April 4, 2005
Last modified January 6, 2021
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2:40 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 282
Debra Czarneski, LSU
Zeta Functions of Finite Graphs
Posted April 11, 2005
Last modified January 6, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 282
James Madden, Mathematics Department, LSU
Ways of ordering real algebras
Posted April 20, 2005
Last modified January 6, 2021
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2:40 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 282
Helena Verrill, Mathematics Department, LSU
More modular Calabi-Yau threefolds
Posted September 12, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 285 Lockett Hall
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Koszul Duality
Posted September 14, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:35 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 285
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Koszul Duality II
continuation of previous algebra seminar
Posted September 21, 2005
Last modified September 28, 2005
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3:35 pm – 4:30 pm Monday, September 26, 2005 Locket 285
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Koszul Duality III
continuation of previous algebra seminar
Posted October 4, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Locket 285
Marco Schlichting, Louisiana State University
Algebraic K-theory of singular varieties and a conjecture of Weibel
Posted October 4, 2005
Last modified March 2, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Locket 285
Helena Verrill, Mathematics Department, LSU
Modular forms and Ramanujan's series for 1/pi
Posted October 14, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Locket 285
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Koszul duality in representation theory
Posted October 15, 2005
Last modified November 2, 2005
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3:40 pm Locket 285
Jorge Morales, Mathematics Department, LSU
Quaternion orders, ternary quadratic forms and hyperelliptic curves
Posted November 9, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Locket 285
Jorge Morales, Mathematics Department, LSU
Quaternion orders, ternary quadratic forms and hyperelliptic curves, part II
Posted November 9, 2005
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3:40 pm Locket 285
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
How I learned to stop worrying and love stacks
Posted November 4, 2005
Last modified November 9, 2005
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3:30 pm Locket 285(Originally scheduled for Monday, November 14, 2005, 3:30 pm)
Planning meeting to decide graduate courses in algebra for next year
Posted December 2, 2005
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm Locket 285
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Stacks II
Before the talk, we will have a 15 minute discussion of graduate courses for next year. Graduate students welcome.
Posted December 9, 2005
Last modified December 18, 2005
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2:30 pm
Marie-José Bertin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
Lehmer's problem and Mahler measure
Posted January 23, 2006
Last modified March 2, 2021
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2:30 pm Locket 285
Marco Schlichting, Louisiana State University
Stabilized Witt groups, Ranicki's lower L groups, and blow ups
Posted February 1, 2006
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:30 pm Locket 276
James Madden, Mathematics Department, LSU
Orderings of commutative rings with nilpotents
Posted January 31, 2006
Last modified January 6, 2021
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2:30 pm Locket 276
Edith Adan-Bante, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast
On Conjugacy Classes and Finite Groups
Posted March 2, 2006
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:30 pm Locket 276
Juan Marco Cervino, University of Göttingen
The Minkowski-Siegel formula for quadratic bundles on curves
Posted March 22, 2006
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:40 pm Locket 276
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Koszul duality for multigraded algebras
Posted March 27, 2006
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:40 pm Locket 276
Marco Schlichting, Louisiana State University
Koszul duality and the derived category of coherent sheaves on a quadric (after Kapranov)
Posted April 5, 2006
Last modified April 6, 2006
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:45 pm Locket 276
Jeonghun Kim, Mathematics Department, LSU
LSU graduate student of Robert Perlis
Arf equivalence of quadratic fields
Note this is an hour later than the usual algebra seminar time.
Posted April 5, 2006
Last modified April 6, 2006
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:45 pm Locket 276
Jeonghun Kim, Mathematics Department, LSU
LSU graduate student of Robert Perlis
Arf equivalence of quadratic fields, Part II
Part I, given the previous week, is related to this talk, but not essential for understanding part II.
Posted March 13, 2006
Last modified January 6, 2021
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2:30 pm Locket 276
Edith Adan-Bante, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast
On Characters and Finite Groups
Posted September 5, 2006
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3:40 pm Lockett 282
Seva Joukhovitski, Mathematics Department, LSU
Splitting varieties and Bloch-Kato Conjecture
Posted September 12, 2006
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3:40 pm Lockett 282
Seva Joukhovitski, Mathematics Department, LSU
Splitting varieties and Bloch-Kato Conjecture II
Posted February 6, 2007
Last modified February 7, 2007
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 243
Max Karoubi, University of Paris 7
K-theory and characteristic classes in number theory
ABSTRACT: Let A be an arbitrary ring. We introduce a Dennis trace map mod n, from K_1(A;Z/n) to the Hochschild homology group with coefficients HH_1(A;Z/n). If A is the ring of integers in a number field, explicit elements of K_1(A,Z/n) are constructed and the values of their Dennis trace mod n are computed. If F is a quadratic field, we obtain this way non trivial elements of the ideal class group of A. If F is a cyclotomic field, this trace is closely related to Kummer logarithmic derivatives; this trace leads to an unexpected relationship between the first case of Fermat's last theorem, K-theory and the number of roots of Mirimanoff polynomials. This is joint work with Thierry Lambre, see ArXiv math.NT/0006237 for more details.
Posted April 24, 2007
Last modified April 27, 2007
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 136
Jens Hornbostel, University of Regensburg, Germany
Rigidity theorems for A^1-representable theories
We prove that for a large class of A^1-representable theories including
all orientable theories it is possible to construct transfer maps and to
prove rigidity theorems similar to those of Gabber for algebraic
K-theory. This extends rigidity results
of Panin and Yagunov from algebraically closed fields to arbitrary
infinite ones.
Posted November 2, 2007
Last modified November 4, 2007
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Daniel Sage, Mathematics Department, LSU
Perverse coherent sheaves and special pieces in the unipotent variety
Posted September 12, 2007
Last modified January 6, 2021
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3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Zhaohu Nie, Texas A&M Department of Mathematics
Singularities of admissible normal functions
The first proof of the Lefschetz (1,1) theorem was given by Poincare and Lefschetz using normal functions for a Lefschetz pencil. The hope to generalize this method to higher codimensional Hodge conjecture was blocked by the failure of Jacobian inversion. In another direction, one can hope for an inductive proof of the Hodge conjecture if for any primitive Hodge class one can find a, necessarily singular hypersurface to "capture part of it". Recently Green and Griffiths introduced the notion of extended normal functions over higher dimensional bases such that their singular loci corresponds to such hypersurfaces. In this talk, we will present how to understand singularities using the viewpoint of admissible normal functions, and how the Hodge conjecture is then equivalent to the existence of singularities. This is joint work with P. Brosnan, H. Fang and G. Pearlstein.
Posted November 14, 2007
Last modified November 19, 2007
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
11:40 am – 12:30 pm Lockett 241
Daniel Sage, Mathematics Department, LSU
Perverse coherent sheaves and special pieces in the unipotent variety, part 2
Posted September 14, 2007
Last modified November 20, 2007
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 239
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Staggered t-structures and equivariant coherent sheaves
Posted February 14, 2008
Last modified March 31, 2008
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
1:40 pm – 2:30 pm Lockett 111
David Treumann, Northwestern University
Staggered t-structures on toric varieties
Achar has introduced a family of t-structures, called staggered t-structures, on the derived category of equivariant coherent sheaves on a G-scheme. These generalize the perverse coherent t-structures of Bezrukavnikov and Deligne, their main point of interest being that they are more often self-dual. We will discuss the example of torus-equivariant sheaves on a toric variety. We will also indicate a similarity between the main new ingredient of Achar’s t-structures – what are called s-structures – and the weight-truncation formalism of Morel.
Posted September 15, 2008
Last modified September 19, 2008
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 235
Christopher Bremer, Mathematics Department, LSU
Periods of Irregular Singular Connections
Let X be a nonsingular complex projective algebraic curve. Suppose that E is a vector bundle over X with meromorphic connection \nabla,
where \nabla has poles along a divisor D. If \nabla has regular singularities along D, (E, \nabla) is uniquely determined by its sheaf of horizontal sections \scr(E) on the analytic points of X\D. The classification of irregular singular connections requires an additional piece of data: a Stokes filtration on \scr(E) defined on sectors around the singular points of \nabla.
A theorem of Malgrange (1991) states that there is a quasi-isomorphism between the algebraic de Rham complex associated to (E, \nabla), and the `moderate growth' cohomology of \scr(E) + Stokes. In this talk, I will describe a method for computing the matrix coefficients, or `periods', of this map. In a later talk, I will discuss the epsilon factorization for the determinant of the period map.
Posted September 24, 2008
Last modified October 3, 2008
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:40 pm Lockett 235(Originally scheduled for Monday, September 29, 2008)
Christopher Bremer, Mathematics Department, LSU
Periods of Irregular Singular Connections, Part II
Continuation of the September 23 seminar.
Posted October 10, 2008
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 235
Charles Neal Delzell, Mathematics Department, LSU
A new, simpler, finitary construction of the real closure of a discrete ordered field
Posted October 14, 2008
Last modified October 24, 2008
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3:40 pm Lockett 235
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Motives, algebraic cycles, and Hodge theory
Posted October 10, 2008
Last modified November 3, 2008
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3:40 pm Lockett 276
Alexander Prestel, Universität Konstanz
Representing polynomials positive on a semialgebraic set
Posted October 14, 2008
Last modified November 10, 2008
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3:40 pm Lockett 235
Piotr Maciak, Mathematics Department, LSU
Graduate Student
A short journey from Gaussian integers to Drinfeld modules
Posted February 27, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 285
Robert Perlis, Mathematics Department, LSU
The 1-2-3's of Zeta functions of Graphs
In 1968, Ihara introduced the zeta function of a finite graph,
with important contributions coming later in papers of Hashimoto, Bass, and Stark and Terras. More recently Mizuno and Sato considered the zeta function of a fully directed graph. (Zeta functions are proliferating like kudzu! Somebody, please make them stop!) In 2003, Sato found a rational expression for the zeta function of a connected, simple, partially directed graph.
This talk will be an elementary introduction to the subject of zeta
functions of graphs (undirected, fully directed, partially directed) and end
with a new theorem giving an Ihara-type formula for the zeta function of any
partially directed graph without Sato's assumptions of connected and simple.
Posted March 12, 2009
Last modified May 8, 2021
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3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 235
Robert Peck, Department of Music, Louisiana State University
Applications of Wreath Products to Music Theory
Wreath products are familiar structures in mathematics, but they are relatively new to music theory. This study proposes an investigation into the musical relevance of wreath products, drawing on examples from selected musical literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We begin by examining a few commonly used groups in music theory, and observe how we may use permutation isomorphism to relate certain orbit restrictions of these groups. Next, we define a direct product of such orbit restrictions. Finally, we allow a permutation of the orbit restrictions themselves, which yields a wreath product. We include examples from Robert Schumann's “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,” from Dichterliebe, op. 48; Richard Wagner's Siegfried; and Anton Webern's Cantata, op. 29.
Posted March 25, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 285
Augusto Nobile, Mathematics Department, LSU
Algorithmic resolution and equiresolution of singularities
We\'ll review the theory of algorithmic (or constructive) resolution of singularities of algebraic varieties (and some related objects) in characteristic zero and discuss the problem of simultaneous resolution when we have a family, in a way compatible with a chosen resolution algorithm (even in the case when the parameter space is not reduced, e.g. the spectrum of an Artinian ring).
Posted April 13, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 285
Augusto Nobile, Mathematics Department, LSU
Algorithmic resolution and equiresolution of singularities II
Posted September 2, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Marco Schlichting, Louisiana State University
Grothendieck-Witt groups and a counterexample to invariance under derived equivalences
Posted October 5, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Helena Verrill, Mathematics Department, LSU
Noncongruence lifts of projective congruence subgroups
Posted October 5, 2009
Last modified October 13, 2009
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3:40 pm Lockett 285
Heather Russell, Mathematics Department, LSU
A combinatorial construction of the Springer representation
Springer varieties are studied because their cohomology carries a natural
action of the symmetric group and their top-dimensional cohomology is
irreducible. In his work on tangle invariants, Khovanov constructed a
family of Springer varieties as subvarieties of a product of spheres. We
show that these varieties can be embedded antipodally in the product of
spheres and that the natural symmetric group action on the product induces
the Springer representation. Our construction admits an elementary (and
geometrically natural) combinatorial description, which we use to prove
that the Springer representation is irreducible in each degree. This work
is joint with Julianna S. Tymoczko at The University of Iowa.
Posted October 7, 2009
Last modified October 20, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Christopher Bremer, Mathematics Department, LSU
Moduli for connections of cuspidal type
In my last talk, I described the Riemann-Hilbert correspondence for irregular singular point connections. Although this theory dates back to the work of Malgrange and Sibuya in the 70s, the Riemann-Hilbert map itself was not well understood until recently. In the past decade, Boalch has shown that the Riemann-Hilbert map gives a symplectic isomorphism between a coarse moduli space of connections, and a Poisson Lie group of `Stokes multipliers.' The theory of fundamental strata is a combinatorial tool for describing connections of cuspidal type. Recent work (joint with D S Sage) has shown that the fundamental stratum of a connection can be used to generalize Boalch's work. I will describe our preliminary results, and give some indication of how strata characterize the irregular Riemann-Hilbert map in the cuspidal case.
Posted October 5, 2009
Last modified October 26, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Anthony Henderson, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
Enhancing the nilpotent cone
Many features of an algebraic group are controlled by the geometry of its nilpotent cone, which in the case of GL_n(C) is merely the variety N of n x n nilpotent matrices. The study of the orbits of the group in its nilpotent cone leads to combinatorial data relating to the representations of the Weyl group, via the famous Springer correspondence. In the case of GL_n(C), the basic manifestation of this correspondence is the fact that conjugacy classes of nilpotent matrices and irreducible representations of the symmetric group are both parametrized by partitions of n.
Pramod Achar and I have shown that studying the orbits of GL_n(C) in the enhanced
nilpotent cone C^n x N leads to exotic combinatorial data of type B/C (previously studied by Spaltenstein and Shoji). As I will explain, this is closely related to Syu Kato's exotic Springer correspondence for the symplectic group, and also to nilpotent orbits in characteristic 2.
Posted October 7, 2009
Last modified November 4, 2009
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
L-functions and l-adic representations for modular forms
Posted November 4, 2009
Last modified November 11, 2009
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3:40 pm Lockett 285
Moon Duchin, University of Michigan
Limit shapes in groups
Consider larger and larger metric spheres in a group. Under nice circumstances, these converge to a definite "limit shape" as the radius goes to infinity. For instance in finitely generated nilpotent groups one may use a rescaling dilation in the ambient Lie group to shrink down large spheres, and by work of Pansu (extended by Breuillard) this gives a well-defined limit. For a simple example, in the free abelian group Z^2, if we take the standard generating set, the limit shape is a diamond (and the limiting metric, for which this is the unit sphere, is the L^1 metric on the plane). It is natural to ask whether the counting measure on the discrete spheres converges to a measure on the limit shape. I'll discuss our work on this question, and give some ergodic applications and some averaging applications for limit shapes.
Parts of this project are joint work with Samuel Lelièvre, Christopher Mooney, and Ralf Spatzier.
Posted October 5, 2009
Last modified November 12, 2009
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3:40 pm Lockett 285
Jorge Morales, Mathematics Department, LSU
Siegel's mass formula and averages of L-functions over function fields
Posted November 25, 2009
Last modified January 10, 2022
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
4:00 pm Lockett 285
Alexander Prestel, Universität Konstanz
Axiomatizing the complex unit disc
The Lefschetz principle from algebraic geometry says that every algebraic property over the field of complex numbers involving only polynomials, is also true over any algebraically closed field in characteristic 0. We present a similar transfer principle involving in addition the absolute value of the complex field.
Posted February 25, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 285
David Gepner, University of Illinois at Chicago
K-theory and additive functors
Posted February 25, 2010
Last modified March 2, 2021
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3:40 pm Lockett 285
Mark Watkins, University of Sydney
A polynomial version of Hall's conjecture
Hall's conjecture asks for small nonzero values of |x^3-y^2| for integers x,y. The polynomial analogue is to ask for f(t)^3-g(t)^2 to be of small degree (compared to that of f,g, which we take to be in \bar Q[t]). The ABC theorem (of Davenport and Mason) gives an explicit lower bound here. Via the use of Belyi functions and covers of P^1 (or work of Stothers), we can count the number of (f,g) that meet this minimal degree, and this turns out to be related to the Catalan numbers. This leaves the question of actually exhibiting (f,g) that minimise the degree. For instance, if there are 14 solutions, we might expect them all to be Galois conjugate in a number field of degree 14. In joint work with Noam Elkies, we explicitly construct solutions for many cases, using a battery of techniques, the most notable of which is multi-dimensional p-adic Newton iteration to solve polynomial system of equations (or at least find isolated points on the solution variety). The fields of definition of these solutions are ramified only at small primes, due to a theorem of Beckmann.
Posted February 25, 2010
Last modified March 12, 2010
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3:40 pm Lockett 285
Robert Fitzgerald, Southern Illinois University
Extending Hurwitz's proof of the four square theorem
The four square theorem says every positive integer can be represented as a sum of four squares. Lagrange (1770) proved this via Euler's four square identity and a descent argument. Hurwitz (1919) gave a proof using a ring of quaternions whose key property is being norm Euclidean. There are six other norm forms that represent all positive integers. I discuss recent work to construct norm Euclidean rings of quaternions for these cases.
Posted March 3, 2010
Last modified January 6, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 237
Charles Weibel, Rutgers University
A 1972 Question of Bass and Hochschild homology
Bass asked if R satisfies K_0(R)=K_0(R[x]) then is K_0(R[x,y]) any different? In joint work with Cortinas, Haesemeyer and Walker, we show that the answer is \'no.\'
Posted March 22, 2010
Last modified March 3, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Christopher Bremer, Mathematics Department, LSU
A geometric theory of fundamental strata
In this talk, I will describe a theory of fundamental strata for meromorphic connections developed in joint work with D. S. Sage. Fundamental strata were originally used by Bushnell, Kutzko, Howe and Moy to classify cuspidal representations of GL_n over a local field. In the geometric setting, fundamental strata play the role of the `leading term' of a connection. I will introduce the concept of a regular stratum, which generalizes a condition imposed by Boalch (and previously, by Jimbo, Miwa, and Ueno) to study the geometry of the irregular Riemann Hilbert map. Finally, I will describe an application of our theory to a particular case of the wildly-ramified geometric Langlands conjecture.
Posted March 19, 2010
Last modified April 12, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Daniel Sage, Mathematics Department, LSU
Moduli Spaces of Irregular Singular Connections
An important problem in the geometric Langlands correspondence is the construction of global meromorphic connections on the projective line with specified local behavior. Boalch has studied the moduli space of such connections in the case where the leading term of the connection is regular semisimple at each singular point. In this talk, I will describe joint work with Bremer in which we show how to construct moduli spaces of connections in much greater generality. I will define a more useful notion of the leading term of a connection in terms of fundamental strata, a concept adapted from the representation theory of p-adic groups. In particular, I will introduce the concept of a regular stratum; a formal connection containing a regular stratum generalizes the naive idea of a connection with regular semisimple leading term. I will then explain how to construct the moduli space of connections on the projective line with specified regular local formal isomorphism classes at a collection of singular points. This moduli space is a symplectic reduction of a direct product of manifolds encoding local data at the singularities. I will also show that this moduli space arises as a symplectic quotient of a smooth manifold by a torus action.
Posted March 12, 2010
Last modified April 12, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Jared Culbertson, Mathematics Department, LSU
Perverse Poisson sheaves on the nilpotent cone
Posted March 20, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Infinitesimal structure of Chow groups
Posted April 13, 2010
Last modified March 3, 2021
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3:40 pm Lockett 285
Paulo Lima-Filho, Texas A&M
Integral Deligne cohomology for real varieties and explicit regulators
Abstract: in this talk we introduce a novel version of Deligne cohomology for real varieties for which bigraded ordinary equivariant cohomology replaces the role of singular cohomology in the complex case. We describe explicit "regulator maps" in the level of complexes from Voevodsky's motivic complexes to Deligne cohomology, and present several examples.
Posted February 25, 2010
Last modified April 25, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285(Originally scheduled for Friday, March 12, 2010)
Leonardo Mihalcea, Baylor University
Varieties of rational curves in the Grassmannian
Let Ω1 and Ω2 be two Schubert varieties in the Grassmannian, in general position. Given this data, we consider two spaces: the space of rational curves joining Ω1 and Ω2 (a subvariety of the moduli space of stable maps), and the space obtained by taking the union of these curves (a subvariety of the Grassmannian). Both these spaces generalize the much studied Richardson varieties, and play a fundamental role in quantum cohomology. We will study basic properties of these spaces (normality, rationality, singularities), and discuss some applications in quantum K-theory of the Grassmannian and algebraic combinatorics. This is joint work with A. Buch, P.E. Chaput and N. Perrin.
Posted April 23, 2010
Last modified March 2, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 285
Amber Russell, Mathematics Department, LSU
Graham's variety and perverse sheaves on the nilpotent cone
In recent work, Graham has constructed a variety with a map to the nilpotent cone that is similar to the Springer resolution. However, Graham\'s map differs from the Springer resolution in that it is not in general an isomorphism over the principal orbit, but rather the universal covering map. This map gives rise to a certain semisimple perverse sheaf on the nilpotent cone. In this talk, we will describe the summands of this perverse sheaf via the cohomology of the fibers of Graham\'s map.
Posted September 6, 2010
Last modified March 3, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Sarah Kitchen, University of Utah and Universität Freiburg
Harish-Chandra modules and the geometry of partial flag varieties
Cohomological induction gives an algebraic method for constructing representations of a real reductive Lie group G from irreducible representations of parabolic subgroups. Beilinson-Bernstein localization alternatively gives a geometric method for constructing Harish-Chandra modules for G from certain representations of a Cartan subgroup. The duality theorem of Hecht, Milicic, Schmid and Wolf establishes a relationship between modules cohomologically induced from Borels and the cohomology of the D-modules on the complex flag variety for G determined by the Beilinson-Bernstein construction. The corresponding geometric constructions on partial flag variety introduce homological complications. In this talk, I will explain the generalization of the duality theorem to partial flag varieties, which fully recovers the composition factors of cohomologically induced modules arising from non-minimal parabolics.
Posted September 13, 2010
Last modified September 14, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Hyperbolic localization and applications
This will be a mostly expository talk about T. Braden\'s \"hyperbolic localization\" functor. This is a geometric construction that is defined for varieties equipped with an action of the multiplicative group C^*, and it can be described in an elementary way using the language of ordinary algebraic topology. It turns to have very deep connections with purely algebraic aspects of the representation theory of algebraic groups, and it plays a central role in the proof of the celebrated geometric Satake equivalence.
Posted September 21, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Greg Muller, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Reflexive and Projective D-modules
I will discuss reflexive and projective D-modules, focusing on the simplest case, the Weyl algebras. They can be reduced to right ideals in D, which can be studied in terms of their images. There is a nice class of ideals on which this image-based technique is effective at producing new results and examples, as well as revealing connections to the `bispectral problem\' in differential equations. I will review the general theory, our new results, give some new interesting examples, and discuss the application to the bispectral problem. Joint with Yuri Berest and Oleg Chalykh.
Posted October 20, 2010
Last modified October 25, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240(Originally scheduled for Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 3:40 pm)
Maria Vega, Mathematics Department, LSU
Twisted Frobenius-Schur Indicators for Hopf Algebras
The classical Frobenius-Schur indicators (FS indicators) for finite groups are virtual characters v_n(V) defined for any representation V and any n>=2. In the familiar case n=2, v_2 partitions the irreducible representations over C into real, complex, and quaternionic representations. In recent years, several generalizations of these invariants have been introduced. Bump and Ginzburg, building on earlier work of Mackey, have defined versions of these indicators which are twisted by an automorphism of the group. In another direction, FS indicators have been constructed for semisimple Hopf algebras; this is due to Linchenko and Montgomery for n=2 and Kashina, Sommerhauser, and Zhu for n>2. We have constructed a twisted version of FS indicators for semisimple Hopf algebras that includes all of the above versions as special cases and have similar properties. For example, the n=2 case leads to a partition of the irreducible representations into three classes. This is joint work with Daniel Sage.
Posted September 7, 2010
Last modified November 9, 2010
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Mahir Can, Tulane University
Unipotent invariant (complete) quadrics
The variety of complete quadrics, which is used by Schubert in his famous computation of the number of space quadrics tangent to 9 quadrics in general position, is a particular compactification of the space of non-singular quadric hypersurfaces in n dimensional complex projective space. In this talk, towards a theory of Springer fibers for complete quadrics, I will describe our recent work on the unipotent invariant complete quadrics. These results involve interesting combinatorics, and in particular, give a
new q-analog of Fibonacci numbers.
This is joint work with Michael Joyce.
Posted February 17, 2011
Last modified March 2, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Noriko Yui, Queen's University
The modularity of certain K3-fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds over Q
We consider certain K3-fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds defined over Q. These Calabi-Yau threefolds are constructed using the method of Voisin and Borcea, and are realized as smooth resolutions of quotients of S × E by some involution. (Here S is an algebraic K3 surface and E is an elliptic curve.)
First we will discuss the modularity of K3 surfaces S. We look into the famous 95 families of K3 surfaces found by Reid and Yonemura. Among them, we will pick K3 surfaces with involution. Our first result is to show that some of these K3 surfaces are of CM type.
Next, we will discuss the modularity of Calabi-Yau threefolds over Q obtained from products S × E. We establish the modularity (automorphicity) of some of these Calabi-Yau threefolds and also their mirror partners (if exist), in the sense of Arthur and Clozel. Several explicit examples are discussed.
This reports on a joint work in progress with Y. Goto (Hakodate) and R. Livne (Jerusalem).
Posted February 7, 2011
Last modified March 1, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Skip Garibaldi, Emory University
Matrix groups and diagonalizable matrices
This talk is about groups of matrices over a field, like GLn (the group of n-by-n invertible matrices) or a special orthogonal group. Since Elie Cartan's 1894 PhD thesis, at least, the theory of such groups starts with studying a connected abelian subgroup consisting of diagonalizable matrices—we call such a thing a torus. This talk concerns the classical question: If every maximal torus in one group is isomorphic to a maximal torus in another group, are the two groups necessarily isomorphic? This problem is related to questions in differential geometry and classical algebra and there is serious recent progress.
This talk will discuss the recent solution of the problem over number fields (by Gopal Prasad and Andrei Rapinchuk in Pub. Math. IHES, and a small part due to the speaker) and a more elementary version with weaker results over general fields by the speaker and David Saltman.
Posted March 3, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Sabin Cautis, Columbia University
A categorification of the Heisenberg algebra
Posted February 17, 2011
Last modified March 11, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 284
Linhong Wang, Southeastern Louisiana University
Noncommutative infinite series rings
Skew power series rings T:=R[[y;\tau,\delta]], for suitably conditioned right noetherian complete semilocal rings R, automorphisms \tau of R, and \tau-derivations $\delta$ of R, were introduced by Venjakob
in the study of noncommutative Iwasawa theory. In this talk, I will discuss iterated skew power series rings and skew inverse power series rings. With suitable base rings and defining relations, these noncommutative infinite series rings give new examples of local, noetherian, zariskian (in the sense of Li and Van Oystaeyen) domains that are related to quantum algebras. Our study on the q-commutative power series ring k_q[[x]] provides a detailed account of its prime ideal structure. Our results, parallel those found for
quantum affine spaces, include normal separation and finite stratification by commutative noetherian spectra. Combining this normal separation with results of Chan, Wu, Yekutieli, and Zhang, we are able to conclude that k_q[[x]] is catenary. Following the approach of Brown and Goodearl, we also show that links between prime ideals are provided by canonical automorphisms. The new results in this talk are joint work with Edward Letzter.
Posted February 16, 2011
Last modified March 11, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 284
Matthew Housley, University of Utah
TBA
Posted March 11, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Aaron Lauda, Columbia University
TBA
Posted March 9, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
David Chapman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Graduate student
TBA
Posted August 18, 2011
Last modified May 8, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Paul Smith, University of Washington
A 3-Calabi-Yau algebra with G_2 symmetry that is related to the octonions
This talk concerns an associative graded algebra $A$ that is the enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra with exponential growth. The algebra is a coherent, 3-Calabi-Yau, Koszul algebra, and the exceptional group of type $G_2$ acts as automorphisms of it. The algebra $A$ seems to have first appeared in a physics paper. $A$ can be defined in many ways. If $V$ is the 7-dimensional irreducible representation of the complex semisimple Lie algebra of type $G_2$, then $A$ is isomorphic to the tensor algebra $T(V)$ modulo the ideal generated by the submodule of $V \otimes V$ isomorphic to $V$. Alternatively, $A$ can be defined as a superpotential algebra derived from a 3-form on $R^7$ having an open $GL(7)$ orbit and compact isotropy group. $A$ can also be defined in terms of the product on the octonions. $A$ can also be defined in terms of the exterior derivatives of seven 1-forms that appear in E. Cartan's “Five variables” paper. Classification of the finite-dimensional representations of $A$ is equivalent to classifying square matrices $Y$ with purely imaginary octonion entries such that the imaginary part of $Y^2$ is zero. There is a derived equivalence relating graded $A$-modules to representations of a certain quiver (with relations). This equivalence is analogous to Beilinson's equivalence for the derived category of coherent sheaves on $P^n$. $A$ can also be defined in terms of the incidence relations for the Fano plane, the projective plane over the field of two elements. These incidence relations give the simplest example of a Steiner triple system. Mariano Suarez-Alvarez has shown that every Steiner triple system gives rise to an algebra analogous to $A$ that is also coherent, 3-Calabi-Yau, and Koszul, though these more general algebras do not seem to have an interesting Lie group acting as automorphisms.
Posted August 18, 2011
Last modified August 23, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Peter Fiebig, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Moment graphs in topology and representation theory
Moment graphs originated in the work of Goresky, Kottwitz and MacPherson on the equivariant topology of complex varieties with a torus action. In particular, they showed how one can calculate the hypercohomology of a large class of equivariant sheaves using only their restriction to the 1-skeleton (i.e. the moment graph) of the torus action. Building on these ideas, Braden and MacPherson gave an explicit description of the equivariant intersection cohomology of certain complex varieties using sheaves on the moment graph. Now these sheaves also appear in the study of multiplicity questions in representation theory. When combined, one obtains proofs of fundamental conjectures of Lusztig and Kazhdan-Lusztig. In the talk I will explain these ideas in some detail.
Posted August 29, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Geometric Satake, Springer correspondence, and small representations
Let G be a reductive group, and let W be its Weyl group. (For example, take G = GL_n and W = S_n.) In this talk, I will explain how to construct a commutative diagram relating the following four things:
(1) Representations of W
(2) Geometry of the nilpotent cone for G
(3) Representations of G
(4) Geometry of the affine Grassmannian for G
Some parts of the commutative diagram are well-known: (1) and (2) are related by the Springer correspondence; (3) and (4) are related by the geometric Satake isomorphism; and there is a functor from (3) to (1) that can be described as \"take the zero weight space.\" So the main point of the talk will to explain how to related (2) and (4). This is joint work with A. Henderson.
Posted August 22, 2011
Last modified September 11, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Karl Mahlburg, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Coefficient Asymptotic for Kac-Wakimoto characters
In Kac and Peterson's study of characters for affine Lie algebras, they proved a number of "Denominator identities" that related the weight multiplicities of irreducible submodules to theta functions. They then used modular inversion formulas and Tauberian theorems in order to derive asymptotics for these weight multiplicities; one of the simplest examples of affine Lie algebras leads to Hardy and Ramanujan's famous formula for the asymptotics of p(n), the integer partition function.
In this talk I will present joint work with K. Bringmann on the characters for affine Lie superalgebras that were later introduced by Kac and Wakimoto. In this setting, the characters are products of theta functions and Appell-type sums, which have recently been studied using developments in the theory of mock modular forms and harmonic Maass forms. We find asymptotic series expansions for the coefficients of the characters with polynomial error.
Posted August 22, 2011
Last modified September 13, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Lockett 240
Elizabeth Dan-Cohen, Department of Mathematics, LSU
A Koszul category of representations of finitary Lie algebras
We find an interesting category of representations of the three simple finitary Lie algebras. The modules in question are weight modules for every splitting Cartan subalgebra. We describe the injective modules in this category, and show that the category is antiequivalent to the category of locally unitary finite-dimensional modules over a direct limit of finite-dimensional Koszul algebras. Joint with Ivan Penkov and Vera Serganova.
Posted August 30, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Greg Muller, Department of Mathematics, LSU
TBA
Posted October 11, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Jerome W. Hoffman, Mathematics Department, LSU
Galois representations and Humbert surfaces
Posted September 8, 2011
Last modified May 1, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Amber Russell, Mathematics Department, LSU
Graham's variety and perverse sheaves on the nilpotent cone: Results in type $A_n$
In recent work, Graham has constructed a variety with a map to the nilpotent cone that is similar to the Springer resolution. However, Graham's map differs from the Springer resolution in that it is not in general an isomorphism over the principal orbit, but rather the universal covering map. This map gives rise to a certain semisimple perverse sheaf on the nilpotent cone. In this talk, we discuss the problem of describing the summands of this perverse sheaf. For type $A$, a key tool is a description of the affine paving of Springer fibers given by Tymoczko that lends itself nicely to understanding the fibers of Graham's map.
Posted August 30, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Christopher Bremer, Mathematics Department, LSU
TBA
Posted November 21, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 240
Christopher Bremer, Mathematics Department, LSU
Flat $G$-bundles and regular strata
Let $G$ be a reductive group over a Laurent series (or $p$-adic) field. Broadly speaking, a fundamental stratum is a pair $(K, b)$ consisting of a ``compact\'\' subgroup $K < G$ and a character $b$ of $K$ that satisfies a non-degeneracy condition. The theory of fundamental strata was originally developed by Bushnell, Howe, Moy, and Prasad to study wildly ramified representations of $p$-adic groups, and this theory plays an important role in the parameterization of admissible GL_n representations. In this talk I will describe recent work with Sage on applications of fundamental strata to the study of flat $G$-bundles. One of our primary innovations is the notion of a ``regular\'\' stratum, which satisfies a graded version of regular semi-simplicity. I will first discuss results on the Deligne-Simpson problem and isomonodromic deformations of irregular singular flat GL_n bundles, and then indicate how this theory generalizes to the reductive case.
Posted November 23, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
1:40 pm – 3:30 pm Lockett 240
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Introduction to the Hitchin fibration, Part I
I will repeat a talk given by Olivier Schiffmann at the Université de Caen on November 15, 2011, in preparation for the virtual seminar on November 29. Please contact me for lecture notes.
Posted November 23, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
8:45 am – 10:45 am Lockett 233
Olivier Schiffmann, Université Paris-Sud
Introduction to the Hitchin fibration, Part II
This will be a virtual seminar, joint with the \"Groupe de travail en théorie de représentations\" at the Université de Caen.
Posted November 28, 2011
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett Hall 240
Jorge Morales, Mathematics Department, LSU
Generic polynomials and Frobenius modules
I will begin by giving a brief historical introduction to the classical Noether problem on fields of invariants of finite groups and its relation with the inverse Galois problem. Then I will define the notion of generic polynomial and discuss some modern approaches to their construction, in particular the use of Matzat\'s \"lower bound\" theorem on Frobenius modules for the explicit construction of generic polynomials in characteristic p for groups of rational points of algebraic groups. This is (developing) joint work with REU student D. Tseng (MIT); it will be accessible to everyone.
Posted February 6, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Carl Mautner, Harvard University
Parity sheaves
One approach to Lie theory involves relating categories of representations to sheaves on singular algebraic varieties. This is advantageous in that sheaves can be studied locally. This technique has been quite successful in studying representations over fields of characteristic zero.
The usefulness of this approach often hinges on deep theorems about a class of objects called intersection cohomology sheaves. These theorems generalize classical results on the rational cohomology of smooth projective varieties.
One would like to be able to make use of this technique for representations over fields of positive characteristic. However, in this case, the theorems valid over characteristic zero no longer hold.
We consider a class of objects, parity sheaves, which tend to coincide with intersection cohomology sheaves in characteristic zero and have better behavior over fields of positive characteristic.
(Joint with D. Juteau and G. Williamson.)
Posted February 8, 2012
Last modified March 2, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Abhinav Kumar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hilbert modular surfaces and K3 surfaces
I will outline an approach to compute equations for Hilbert modular surfaces $Y_{-}(D)$, which are moduli spaces of principally polarized abelian surfaces with real multiplication by the full ring of integers of $Q(\sqrt{D})$, based on moduli spaces of elliptic K3 surfaces. Using it we are able to calculate these surfaces for all fundamental discriminants less than 100, and analyze various arithmetic properties, such as rational points and curves which we can use to produce explicit genus 2 curves (or 1-parameter families of these) whose Jacobians have real multiplication. This is joint work with Noam Elkies.
Posted March 12, 2012
Last modified March 19, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Laura Rider, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Graduate Student
A derived Springer correspondence for mixed perverse sheaves
The simplest case of the Springer correspondence can be understood with linear algebra and knowledge of the representation theory of the symmetric group. We write down the correspondence in this case and then review a geometric method for realizing the relationship. In this setting, the Springer correspondence can be realized as an equivalence between a certain category of perverse sheaves and the category of representations of the Weyl group. We explain how to extend this to a derived equivalence between modules over a graded ring related to W and a certain category of mixed perverse sheaves on the nilpotent cone.
Posted February 1, 2012
Last modified March 20, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Inka Klostermann, University of North Carolina
Generalization of the Macdonald formula for Hall-Littlewood polynomials
Gaussent and Littelmann developed a formula for Hall-Littlewood polynomials in terms of one-skeleton galleries in the affine building. In type $A_n$, $B_n$ and $C_n$ these galleries can be described by using certain Young tableaux. In this talk I will explain how to translate the Gaussent-Littelmann formula into an easy purely combinatorial formula in terms of Young tableaux. It turns out that the resulting so-called combinatorial Gaussent-Littelmann formula coincides with the well-known Macdonald formula for Hall-Littlewood polynomials in type $A_n$.
Posted March 15, 2012
Last modified March 28, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Peter Fiebig, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Periodic structures in the affine category O at positive level
The categorical structure of the affine category O at positive level can be described in terms of affine moment graphs. Recently, Martina Lanini exhibited a periodic structure on moment graphs associated to maximally singular affine blocks, which yields a categorification of the stabilization phenomenon of parabolic affine KL-polynomials. I will report on the representation theoretic implications of Lanini's result and, in particular, I will explain how it is connected to a still conjectural structure of the affine category O at the critical level.
Posted March 13, 2012
Last modified April 13, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm
Harold Williams, UC Berkeley
Loop Groups and Cluster Integrable Systems
While double Bruhat cells in simple algebraic groups have played a key role in the development of cluster algebras, their counterparts in general Kac-Moody groups have been less studied. In this talk I will explain how the double Bruhat decomposition of an affine Kac-Moody group can be used to construct a new class of completely integrable Hamiltonian systems. As an example we obtain the relativistic periodic Toda system, which we will see leads to a connection with recent work of Goncharov and Kenyon on integrable systems related to dimer models.
Posted March 15, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
James Madden, Mathematics Department, LSU
Sheaves of ratios
Book V of Euclid's Elements is said to be an exposition of Eudoxus theory of ratio. In 1900, Hölder wrote a paper analyzing Book V, and in this connection he proved the fundamental theorem that every archimedean totally-ordered group is isomorphic to a subgroup of the additive reals. A theorem of Yosida (1942) states that every archimedean vector-lattice is a vector lattice of almost-everywhere real functions on a compact space. We can recover Yosida's Theorem by viewing Hölder's Theorem in an appropriate topos. This point of view also leads to improved versions of Yosida's Theorem. The talk illustrates how ideas that are taught in elementary school may, if analyzed with sufficient depth, have a bearing on research questions.
Posted April 24, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:40 pm Lockett 277
Zhibin Liang, Capital Normal University, Beijing
The non-commutative Iwasawa theory of modular forms
In this talk, we will discuss some new conjectures on critical values of L-functions twisted by a non-commutative Artin representation. We talk about some explicit computations and how this may contribute to a non-commutative Iwasawa theory.
Posted September 20, 2012
Last modified September 24, 2012
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 235
Greg Muller, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Superunital domains of cluster algebras
A cluster algebra is a type of commutative algebra with a set of distinguished generators, called cluster variables, with desirable combinatorial properties. For a given cluster algebra, we consider its cluster variables as functions on an octant in n-dimensions. The `superunital domain\' is the subset of this octant on which each cluster variable is greater than or equal to one. The topology of the boundary encodes many of the desirable properties of the cluster variables. When the cluster algebra is `finite-type\', the superunital domain is compact and possesses a natural volume form; I will mention some preliminary results with Joel Geiger and Karl Mahlburg on the integral of this form.
Posted October 5, 2012
Last modified May 8, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 235
Pramod Achar, Mathematics Department, LSU
Schur-Weyl duality, nilpotent orbits, and tilting modules
This mostly expository talk will be about connections between the following four topics: (1) representations of the symmetric group $S_n$; (2) representations of the general linear group $GL_n$; (3) topology of the set of nilpotent matrices; (4) topology of the set of lattices in a vector space over the field of Laurent series. Some of these connections are very old: Issai Schur discovered a link between (1) and (2) more than 100 years ago. The topological aspects have been developed mostly since the mid-1970's, by Springer, Lusztig, Ginzburg, Mirković-Vilonen, and others; a nice unifying result has been proved by Carl Mautner. I will try to explain these ideas with concrete examples, and give one application: a new geometric proof, via Fourier transform on the nilpotent variety, of Ringel self-duality for Schur algebras. This last result is joint work of myself and C. Mautner.
Posted November 3, 2012
Last modified May 8, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 235
Myron Minn-Thu-Aye, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Graduate Student
Multiplicity formulas for perverse coherent sheaves on the nilpotent cone
Bezrukavnikov has shown that the category of perverse coherent sheaves on the nilpotent cone of a complex reductive algebraic group is quasi-hereditary. The Andersen-Jantzen sheaves play an important role, analogous to that of the Verma modules in category O. We describe progress towards computing multiplicities of simple objects in Andersen-Jantzen sheaves. The main tool is an equivalence between perfect complexes on the nilpotent cone and mixed sheaves on the affine Grassmannian.
Posted October 24, 2012
Last modified October 26, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 235
Joel Geiger, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Graduate Student
Noncommutative prime spectra of quantum Schubert cell algebras
The quantum Schubert cell algebras defined by De Concini, Kac, and Procesi and independently by Lusztig comprise a large and versatile collection of subalgebras of the positive part of the quantized universal enveloping algebras. In this talk I will outline two major approaches to understanding the noncommutative prime spectra of the quantum Schubert cell algebras—a ring theoretic approach due to Gerard Cauchon and a representation theoretic approach due to Milen Yakimov. We answer two questions of Cauchon and Mériaux, thereby unifying the two seemingly disparate approaches. Time permitting we will also investigate a result relating this unified approach to the theory of quantum cluster algebras. This work is joint with Milen Yakimov.
Posted January 21, 2013
Last modified January 28, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 277
Christopher Dodd, University of Toronto
Modules over algebraic quantizations and representation theory
Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in the theory of modules over algebraic quantizations of so-called symplectic resolutions. In this talk I'll discuss some new work—joint, and very much in progress—that open the door to giving a geometric description to certain categories of such modules; generalizing classical theorems of Kashiwara and Bernstein in the case of D-modules on an algebraic variety.
Posted March 5, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Ulrica Wilson, Morehouse College
Noncommutative division rings from Hamiliton to Albert to now
Thanks in large part to Galois, much is known about commutative division rings (aka fields). In this talk we will present some of the history, recent results, and open problems in the study of noncommutative division rings.
Posted March 6, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Amber Russell, University of Georgia
Cuspidal local systems and a decomposition involving perverse sheaves on the nilpotent cone
In a recent paper, Achar uses hyperbolic localization to give an orthogonal decomposition of the category of constructible sheaves on the nilpotent cone. In particular, he decomposes this category into those arising from the Springer sheaf and those not. In this talk, I will discuss the ongoing project to refine this decomposition using central character properties and Lusztig\'s cuspidal local systems. This is joint work with Laura Rider.
Posted March 12, 2013
Last modified January 10, 2022
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Peter Samuelson, University of Toronto
Skein modules and the double affine Hecke algebra
The Kauffman bracket skein module is a vector space $K_q(M)$ associated to a 3-manifold $M$ and a parameter $q\in C^*$. We recall an old theorem which states that the colored Jones polynomials $J_n(q, K)\in C[q,q^{-1}]$ of a knot $K$ in $S^3$ can be computed from $K_q(S^3\setminus K)$. We also describe a theorem of Frohman and Gelca which shows that $K_q(S^3\setminus K)$ is a module over the $Z_2$-invariant subalgebra of the quantum torus $A_q$. This subalgebra is the specialization at $t=1$ of the double affine Hecke algebra $H(q,t)$, which is a 2-parameter family of algebras. We discuss deformations of $K_q(S^3\setminus K)$ to a 2-parameter family of modules over $H(q,t)$. Conjecturally, these lead to 2-variables polynomials $J_n(q,t,K)$ which specialize to the colored Jones polynomials when $t=1$. (All terms in this abstract will be defined, and this is work in progress with Yuri Berest.)
Posted May 17, 2013
Last modified September 17, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Lockett 277
Daniel Sternheimer, Rikkyo University & Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne
Altneuland in mathematical particle physics: back to the drawing board??
We describe work in progress and outline a "framework for conjectural frameworks" based on Flato's deformation philosophy, on joint works with or by Flato and coworkers (especially Fronsdal) since the 60's, and on discussions with many mathematicians and physicists in the past years. Namely we return to the old problem of connection between external (Poincaré group) and internal (unitary) symmetries of elementary particles but with a (Drinfeld) twist, suggesting that the internal symmetries might emerge from deforming to Anti de Sitter SO(2,3) and quantizing that (possibly in a new generalized manner) at root of unity. That raises challenging problems, both on the mathematical part and for particle physics.
There is also a longer version of the abstract.
Posted September 25, 2013
Last modified October 7, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 243
Jacob Matherne, Department of Mathematics, LSU
Computing Upper Cluster Algebras
Cluster algebras are commutative unital domains generated by distinguished elements called cluster variables. These generators are grouped into sets called clusters, and a process called mutation allows movement between the clusters. Many notable varieties (Grassmannians, partial flag varieties, and others) are equipped with cluster structures where certain regular functions play the role of cluster variables.
From a geometric perspective, there is a more natural algebra to consider: the upper cluster algebra. In this talk, we study cluster algebras and upper cluster algebras using algebraic geometry, which leads to an algorithm for producing presentations of upper cluster algebras in terms of generators and relations.
This is joint work with Greg Muller.
Posted September 25, 2013
Last modified March 2, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 243
Holly Swisher, Oregon State University
Modularity of $k$-rank difference functions
Rank difference functions were used by Atkin and Swinnerton-Dyer to prove the well-loved Ramanujan congruences for the partition function modulo 5 and 7. In 2008, Ahlgren and Treneer recognized rank difference functions for partitions as modular or mock modular objects. Here, we similarly investigate k-component multipartitions (also called k-colored partitions). Ultimately, we relate restricted k-rank generating functions and k-rank difference functions to weakly holomorphic modular forms.
Posted September 25, 2013
Last modified October 16, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 243
Simon Riche, Université Clermont Auvergne
Perverse sheaves on affine Grassmannians, asymptotic Verma modules, and differential operators on the basic affine space
The Geometric Satake equivalence is an equivalence of categories between certain perverse sheaves on the affine Grassmannian of a reductive algebraic group and representations of the dual reductive group (in the sense of Langlands). The general philosophy underlying this equivalence is that representation theoretic properties of a representation are reflected in topological properties of the corresponding perverse sheaf. In this talk we will explain how one can describe equivariant cohomology of the costalks of these perverse sheaves, together with their natural symmetries, in terms of morphisms between universal Verma modules for the dual Lie algebra, and also in terms of differential operators on the basic affine space of the dual group. This is joint work with Victor Ginzburg.
Posted September 25, 2013
Last modified October 18, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 243
Matt Papanikolas, Texas A&M University
Special points and L-values in positive characteristic
Going back to Dirichlet and Kummer one knows that special values of Dirichlet L-functions at s=1 can be expressed in terms of logarithms of circular units in cyclotomic fields and Gauss sums, and moreover these identities can be used to show that the group of circular units is of finite index in full group of units. The aim of the present talk is to investigate analogues of these results in positive characteristic for Goss L-functions of Dirichlet type, which take values in function fields of characteristic p. Anderson showed that values of these L-functions at s=1 are found from Carlitz logarithms of special points on the Carlitz module and investigated their properties. We will consider extensions of these results to s > 1, which involve modules of special points on tensor powers of the Carlitz module and log-algebraicity identities.
Posted October 14, 2013
Last modified November 5, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 243
Ling Long, LSU
On p-adic analogues of Ramanujan type formulae for 1 over pi
In this talk, we will give some general backgrounds of hypergeometric series, elliptic curves, and Ramanujan type formulae for 1 over pi. Then we will discuss some p-adic analogues of these formulae which was conjectured by van Hamme for special cases and by Zudilin more generally. This is a joint work with Sarah Chisholm, Alyson Deines, Gabriele Nebe, and Holly Swisher.
Posted September 30, 2013
Last modified November 5, 2013
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 243
Ravi Ramakrishna, Cornell University
Hida Families of modular forms
The basic idea of Hida theory is that certain modular forms live in p-adic analytic families where all the forms are congruent mod p. Even though they have been studied for some 30 years, much remains mysterious Hida theory. This talk will recall relevant aspects of the theory, raise some (hopefully!) interesting and fundamental questions and explain work in progress towards answering some of these.
Posted January 9, 2014
Last modified January 31, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 285(Originally scheduled for Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 3:30 pm)
Tom Lenagan, University of Edinburgh
Algebras with restricted growth
We survey recent and not-so-recent results on growth of algebras, with special emphasis on small values.
Posted January 31, 2014
Last modified March 2, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 285
Ivan Dimitrov, Queen's University (Canada)
Integrable weight modules of gl(∞)
I will present a theorem classifying the irreducible integrable weight modules with finite dimensional weight spaces over the Lie algebra gl(∞) consisting of finitary infinite matrices. Every such module belongs to one of the following three classes: highest weight modules, infinite symmetric powers of the natural representations, and modules which are not highest weight but whose weights are dominated by a single weight. For the modules in the new third class I will present different realizations and will provide explicit parametrization. I will define all necessary terms and will state the problem and the main result.
Posted January 31, 2014
Last modified February 21, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 285
Peter Schauenburg, Université de Bourgogne
Module categories of finite Hopf algebroids, and self-duality
The notion of Hopf algebroid generalizes that of a Hopf algebra; the key property the former shares with the latter is that modules over a Hopf algebroid admit a tensor product, much like representations of a group or a Lie algebra. Put in more abstract terms, the module category over a Hopf algebroid is a tensor category. There is already a long list of results going in the other direction: Given a category with an abstract tensor product, the aim is to reconstruct a Hopf algebra (or a more general object such as a quasi-Hopf algebra, or a weak Hopf algebra, or a Hopf algebroid) whose module category is equivalent (or at least closely related) to that category. Many variants exist according to the properties required of the category one starts with, the closeness of the relation obtained between the category and the (co)module category of the reconstructed Hopf-like object, and the properties one can obtain for the latter. I will present a version that gives a completely intrinsic characterization of the module categories of suitably "finite" Hopf algebroids, and which, moreover, admits a rather simple proof. Then I will show that in many situations the Hopf algebroid thus attached to a tensor category is self-dual (after suitably clarifying what self-duality might mean for a Hopf algebroid); this generalizes a result of Pfeiffer on self-duality of certain fusion categories.
Posted March 25, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 285
Atul Dixit, Tulane University
Some identities of Ramanujan in connection with the circle and divisor problems
On page 336 in his lost notebook, S. Ramanujan proposes an identity that may have been devised to attack a divisor problem. Unfortunately, the identity is vitiated by a divergent series appearing in it. We prove here a corrected version of Ramanujan\'s identity. While finding a plausible explanation for what may have led Ramanujan to consider a series that appears in this identity, we are led to a connection with a generalization of the famous summation formula of Voronoï. One of the ramifications stemming from this work allows us to obtain a one-variable generalization of two double Bessel series identities of Ramanujan, intimately connected with the circle and divisor problems, and which were proved only recently. This is work in progress and is joint with Bruce C. Berndt, Arindam Roy and Alexandru Zaharescu.
Posted April 24, 2014
Last modified April 27, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 285
Fang-Ting Tu, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan
Automorphic Forms on Shimura Curves of Genus Zero
Our aim is to study the arithmetic properties of automorphic forms on Shimura curves. Recently, Yifan Yang proposed a new method for studying automorphic forms on Shimura curves of genus zero, in which automorphic forms are expressed in terms of solutions of Schwarzian differential equations. We then can use the solutions to study the arithmetic properties of automorphic forms on Shimura curves. In this talk, we will give a quick overview of Yang's results, some applications, and a method to determine Schwarzian differential equations for certain Shimura curves.
Posted September 17, 2014
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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett HallEmil Horozov (Sofia University), Calogero-Moser Spaces and Representation Theory
We characterize the phase spaces of both rational and trigonometric Calogero-Moser systems in terms of representations of certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebras. The construction makes use of the theory of bispectral operators. The main result is that the Calogero-Moser spaces (in both cases) coincide with the orbit of the vacuum in this representations of reasonably defined group GL_infinity.
Posted October 2, 2014
Last modified September 17, 2021
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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett
Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California
On the values of Frobenius-Schur indicators for Hopf algebras
See abstract for Montgomery talk.
Posted October 7, 2014
Last modified May 8, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Joseph Timmer, Louisiana State University
Bismash Products and Exact Factorizations of $S_n$
With an exact factorization of a finite group $L = FG$, one may construct the bismash product Hopf algebra $H = kG\#kF$. If one were to factor the symmetric group $S_n = FG$, the resulting Hopf algebras have some interesting properties; mostly concerning the indicator values of irreducible modules. In this talk, we present the background of exact factorizations, and present some new results concerning bismash products in general and for those that arise from exact factorizations of $S_n$.
Posted October 7, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Luca Candelori, Louisiana State University
An algebro-geometric theory of vector-valued modular forms, Part 1
In this talk we describe a geometric theory of vector-valued modular forms attached to Weil representations of rank 1 lattices. More specifically, we construct vector bundles over the moduli stack of elliptic curves, whose sections over the complex numbers correspond to vector-valued modular forms attached to rank 1 lattices. The key idea is to construct vector bundles of Schrodinger representations and line bundles of half-forms over appropriate `metaplectic stacks\' and then show that their tensor products descend to the moduli stack of elliptic curves. We prove an algebraic version of the Eichler-Zagier Theorem comparing vector-valued modular forms to Jacobi forms. We also give an algebraic notion of q-expansions of vector-valued modular forms, and discuss growth conditions at the cusp at infinity.
Posted October 7, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Luca Candelori, Louisiana State University
An algebro-geometric theory of vector-valued modular forms, Part 2
We follow up on our previous talk by describing applications of our geometric theory of vector-valued modular forms. First, we compute algebraic dimension formulas for the spaces of holomorphic vector-valued modular forms over any algebraically closed field (with mild restrictions on the characteristic) by using the Riemann-Roch theorem for Deligne-Mumford stacks. Second, we describe an algebro-geometric theory of modular forms of half-integral weight, as defined in the complex-analytic case by Shimura. Finally, as time allows, we explain how to extend our algebro-geometric theory to vector-valued modular forms attached to Weil representations of positive-definite lattices of higher rank, not just rank 1.
Posted October 8, 2014
Last modified October 16, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Siu-hung (Richard) Ng, LSU
On Weil Representations of Modular Tensor Categories
Associated to a nondegenerate quadratic function on a finite abelian group is a projective representation of the modular group SL(2,Z) that is known as the Weil representation. This projective representation can be renormalized by the Gauss sum of the quadratic function to an ordinary representation of the metaplectic group Mp(2,Z). In this talk, we will discuss the corresponding analog of the Weil representation of a modular tensor category. This talk is intended to be accessible to graduate students with the knowledge of graduate algebra.
Posted October 8, 2014
Last modified October 30, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
James Zhang, University of Washington
Homological identities concerning Hopf algebra actions on Artin-Schelter regular algebras
The Nakayama automorphism of an Artin-Schelter regular algebra controls the class of Hopf algebras that act on the algebra. This can be interpreted as a homological identity. Several applications of homological identities will be given. The talk is based on recent work of K. Chan, J.-F. Lu, X.-F. Mao, M. Reyes, D. Rogalski and C. Walton.
Posted October 8, 2014
Last modified November 26, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Mahir Can, Tulane University
Maximal chains of weak order posets of symmetric varieties
The W-set of an element of a weak order poset is useful in the cohomological study of the closures of spherical subgroups in generalized flag varieties. In this talk, after explaining various applications of this notion, we describe in a purely combinatorial manner the W-sets of the weak order posets of three classical symmetric spaces associated to the general linear group. In particular, we give a complete characterization of the maximal chains of an arbitrary lower order ideal in any of these three posets. This is a joint work with Michael Joyce and Ben Wyser.
Posted December 28, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Taiki Shibata, University of Tsukuba
Modular representations of Chevalley supergroups
An affine group scheme over a field k is a representable functor from the category of commutative k-algebras to the category of groups. Replacing ``algebras\'\' with ``superalgebras\'\' (=Z_2-graded algebras), we obtain the notion of an affine supergroup scheme (or, simply, a supergroup). An important example is a Chevalley supergroup introduced by R. Fioresi and F. Gavarini. I will talk about Hopf algebraic techniques applied to the modular representation theory of Chevalley supergroups. In joint work with A. Masuoka, we showed that, for a Chevalley supergroup G, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the G-modules and the integrable hy(G)-modules. Here, hy(G) is a generalization of the Lie superalgebra of G, called the hyper-superalgebra, due to M. Takeuchi. In my recent work, I obtained a super-analogue of the Steinberg tensor product theorem for Chevalley supergroups, which is a fundamental result in the modular representation theory of algebraic groups. In this talk, I would like to explain these results.
Posted December 28, 2014
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Kenichi Shimizu, Nagoya University
The distinguished invertible object of a finite tensor category and related topics
Fusion categories are an important class of tensor categories, and their non-semisimple generalizations -- finite tensor categories -- are also an interesting subject. I will talk about some properties of ``the distinguished invertible object\'\' of a finite tensor category introduced by Etingof, Nikshych and Ostrik. This is a categorical analogue of the modular function of a Hopf algebra (or, going back further, a locally compact group). As the modular function does in the theory of Hopf algebras, the distinguished invertible object plays an important role in the theory of finite tensor categories. In my talk, I will introduce recent my results on the distinguished invertible object, especially its relation with the monoidal center construction and applications to topological invariants.
Posted January 28, 2015
Last modified May 8, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Thomas Lam, University of Michigan
Whittaker functions and geometric crystals
I will talk about a formula for Archimedean Whittaker functions as integrals over Berenstein and Kazhdan's geometric crystals. This formula is a geometric analogue of the expression for an irreducible character of a complex semisimple Lie algebra as a sum over Kashiwara's crystals. The formula is closely related to mirror symmetry phenomena for flag varieties, and to the study of directed polymers in probability.
Posted February 13, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 235
Henry Tucker, University of Southern California
Frobenius-Schur indicators for near group fusion categories
Fusion categories are C-linear, rigid, semisimple tensor categories. They appear in a diverse range of mathematics, including representation theory of quantum groups, subfactor theory, and conformal field theory. The classical Frobenius-Schur indicator was first defined for representations of a finite group -- the most well-known example of a fusion category. The definition of the indicator has been extended to objects in a general fusion category by work of Ng-Schauenburg. This talk will report on progress toward computation of these indicators for near group fusion categories, which are fusion categories with one non-invertible object.
Posted February 25, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Daqing Wan, UC Irvine
Slopes of Modular Forms
The p-adic valuation of the p-th coefficient of a normalized modular eigenform is called the slope of the modular form. Understanding the slope distribution and variation is a major intriguing arithmetic problem in modern number theory and arithmetic geometry. In this talk, I will present a simple introduction to this fascinating subject, ending with our recent joint work with Liang Xiao, Jun Zhang and Ruochuan Liu.
Posted March 4, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 235
Ben Webster, University of Virginia
Quantizations and duality for symplectic singularities
Since they were introduced about 2 decades ago, symplectic singularities have shown themselves to be a remarkable branch of algebraic geometry. They are much nicer in many ways than arbitrary singularities, but still have a lot of interesting nooks and crannies.
I\'ll talk about these varieties from a representation theorist\'s perspective. This might sound like a strange direction, but remember, any interesting symplectic structure is likely to be the classical limit of an equally interesting non-commutative structure, whose representation theory we can study. While this field is still in its infancy, it includes a lot of well-known examples like universal enveloping algebras and Cherednik algebras, and has led a lot of interesting places, including to categorified knot invariants and a conjectured duality between pairs of symplectic singularities. I\'ll give a taste of these results, in particular on very recent progress in constructing this duality.
Posted March 23, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 235 Lockett Hall
Alexander Garver, University of Minnesota
Combinatorics of Exceptional Sequences in Type A
Exceptional sequences are certain ordered sequences of quiver representations with applications to noncrossing partitions, factorizations of Coxeter elements, cluster algebras, and the representation theory of algebras. We introduce a class of combinatorial objects called strand diagrams that we use to classify exceptional sequences of representations of type A Dynkin quivers. We also use variations of the model to classify c-matrices of type A Dynkin quivers, to interpret exceptional sequences as linear extensions of certain posets, and to give an elementary bijection between exceptional sequences and certain chains in the lattice of noncrossing partitions. This is part of ongoing work with Kiyoshi Igusa, Jacob Matherne, and Jonah Ostroff.
Posted April 2, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 235
Liang Chang, Texas A&M University
Generalized Frobenius-Schur Indicators and Kuperberg 3-manifold Invariants
Frobenius-Schur indicators were defined originally for finite groups and generalized for Hopf algebras. They are examples of gauge invariants for Hopf algebras, which are useful for the category of representations. Recently, the generalized indicators turned out to coincide with Kuperberg 3-manifold invariants for Lens spaces, which provides topology interpretation for Hopf algebra invariants. In this talk, I will explain these algebraic and topological invariants and recent work on their relation.
Posted April 15, 2015
Last modified March 3, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Lockett 235
Tom Lenagan, University of Edinburgh
The totally nonnegative grassmannian
This will be a survey talk about the cell decomposition of the totally nonnegative grassmannian. Points in the classical kxn grassmannian are k-dimensional subspaces in an n-dimensional vector space. Such points are described by their Plucker coordinates. The totally nonnegative grassmannian consists of those points for which all Plucker coordinates are nonnegative. There is a cell decomposition of the totally nonnegative grassmannian given by specifying the vanishing pattern of the Plucker coordinates. In order to describe this cell decomposition, Postnikov introduced several interesting combinatorial devices and we will mention some of these. If time permits, connections between the cell structure of the totally nonnegative grassmannian and the invariant prime spectrum of the quantum grassmannian algebra will be discussed.
Posted May 17, 2015
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 235
Cris Negron, University of Washington
Braided structures and the Gerstenhaber bracket on Hochschild cohomology
Given a finite dimensional Hopf algebra H acting on an algebra A, we can form an intermediate cohomology H˙(H, A) which comes equipped with a natural right H-action, and recovers the Hochschild cohomology of the smash product A#H after taking invariants. In fact, the cohomology H˙(H, A) is a Yetter-Drinfeld module over H and is a braided commutative algebra under the natural braiding induced by the Yetter-Drinfeld structure. This multiplicative structure has proved useful in verifying finite generation of Hopf cohomology, and has been studied extensively by Forest-Greenwood, Shepler, and Witherspoon. Supposing H has finite exponent, I will discuss how one can produce a braided antisymmetric bracket on H˙(H, A) which lifts the Gerstenhaber bracket to this braided setting, in the sense that it recovers the Gerstenhaber bracket after taking invariants.
Posted October 18, 2015
Last modified October 21, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Ling Long, LSU
Hypergeometric functions and their finite field analogues I
Hypergeometric functions are an important class of special functions and they play important roles in many aspects of number theory. In this talk, we will review definitions and basic properties of classical hypergeometric functions and define their analogues over finite fields. This is a joint work with Jenny Fuselier, Ravi Ramakrishna, Holly Swisher and Fang-Ting Tu.
Posted October 18, 2015
Last modified November 2, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm Lockett 285
Ling Long, LSU
Hypergeometric functions and their finite field analogues II
In this talk, we will discuss the Galois perspective of hypergeometric functions over finite fields. In particular we will associate Galois representations to the classical 2F1 hypergeometric functions with rational parameters via the generalized Legendre curves. Then we will use the Galois perspective to translate several types of classical hypergeometric formulas to the finite field settings. This is a joint work with Jenny Fuselier, Ravi Ramakrishna, Holly Swisher and Fang-Ting Tu.
Posted October 18, 2015
Last modified October 25, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Cris Negron, Mathematics Department, LSU
A new approach to the Gerstenhaber bracket on Hochschild cohomology and applications
I will discuss a new approach to the Gerstenhaber bracket on Hochschild cohomology, and illustrate this new approach with a particular example related to finite group actions on affine space. The Hochschild cohomology of an algebra, along with the Gerstenhaber bracket, is (the cohomology of) a (dg) Lie algebra controlling the formal deformation theory of that algebra. In the talk I will focus on the aforementioned example in order to explain how our new results relate to, and in this case advance, both classical and current understandings of the Gerstenhaber bracket in geometric contexts. This is joint work with Sarah Witherspoon.
Posted October 18, 2015
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Xingting Wang, Temple University
Quantum p-Groups and Their Classification in Low Dimensions
The classification of p-groups is a fundamental but notoriously difficult problem in group theory. In this talk, the speaker will introduce quantum p-groups as a generalization of p-groups.
Discussion during the talk will be focusing on the recent progress in the complete classification of quantum p-groups in low dimensions. Such classification is part of the classification on finite-dimensional quantum groups in positive characteristic, and also contributes to the understanding of unipotent group schemes in positive characteristic.
Relations between isomorphism classes of quantum p-groups and ordinary p-groups will also be illustrated, which opens a door to using geometric methods in the study of classification of p-groups.
Posted January 15, 2016
Last modified January 25, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Jesse Levitt, LSU
Classifying connected Hopf algebras of finite GK dimension via finite Drinfeld quantizations
The classification problem for Hopf Algebras of finite GK dimension has attracted a lot of interest in recent years. We will describe a new perspective to it via deformation theory. In 1983 Drinfeld constructed quantizations of all triangular r-matrices. We expand on work of Etingof and Gelaki showing that the ones that are finite define connected Hopf algebras of finite GK dimension. Hopf algebras constructed in this way are isomorphic, as algebras, to universal enveloping algebras. This construction recovers almost all of the known connected Hopf algebras of finite GK dimension, leads to many new examples from the general point of view of quasi-Frobenius Lie algebras, and enables preexisting Lie theoretic classification results to be brought to bear on the question at hand. This is a joint work with Milen Yakimov.
Posted December 2, 2015
Last modified February 15, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Mehmet Kıral, Texas A&M University
The Voronoi formula and double Dirichlet series
A Voronoi formula is an identity where on one side, there is a weighted sum of Fourier coefficients of an automorphic form twisted by additive characters, and on the other side one has a dual sum where the twist is perhaps by more complicated exponential sums. It is a very versatile tool in analytic studies of L-functions. In joint work with Fan Zhou we come up with a proof of the identity for L-functions of degree N. The proof involves an identity of a double Dirichlet series which in turn yields the desired equality for a single Dirichlet coefficient. The proof is robust and applies to L-functions which are not yet proven to come from automorphic forms, such as Rankin-Selberg L-functions.
Posted February 2, 2016
Last modified March 14, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Stefan Kolb, Newcastle University
Universal K-matrix for coideal subalgebras
Quantum groups provide a uniform setting for solutions of the quantum Yang-Baxter equation. These solutions are realized via a universal R-matrix which lies at the heart of the origins of quantum groups in the theory of quantum integrable systems. For systems with boundary, additionally, the reflection equation enters the picture. It is expected that solutions of the reflection equation are obtained via a universal K-matrix. A general construction of a universal K-matrix for Hopf algebras was given by Donin, Kulish, and Mudrov. In this talk I will suggest to base the construction of a universal K-matrix on coideal subalgebras of Hopf algebras. I will then discuss examples from the theory of quantum symmetric pairs, based on joint work with Martina Balagovic.
Posted March 31, 2016
Last modified April 5, 2016
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Mark Reeder, Boston College
Adjoint Swan Conductors
Langlands parameters may be regarded as arithmetically enhanced elements in complex Lie groups. The Adjoint Swan Conductor of a parameter is an arithmetic analogue of the dimension of a Springer fiber. The latter satisfy an inequality which becomes an equality for regular elements. I will discuss the analogue of this inequality for Langlands parameters.
Posted February 22, 2016
Last modified May 8, 2021
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Peng Yu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Special Cycles on Shimura Varieties of Orthogonal Type
I will start with describing the famous Gross-Zagier formula as a relation between Néron-Tate height of Heegner points and central derivative of L-functions. Then I will define special cycles on Shimura variety constructed by Kudla in the setting of orthogonal type. And in the special case of O(1,2), I will show how these cycles be viewed as a generalization of Heegner points and Bruinier, Kulda, Yang and other authors' works on finding Faltings height of these cycles as a generalization of Gross-Zagier formula.
Posted February 24, 2016
Last modified April 25, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm Lockett 276
Viswambhara Makam, University of Michigan
Polynomial degree bounds for matrix semi-invariants
Even though the invariant ring for a representation of a reductive group is finitely generated, finding strong bounds for the degree of generators has proved to be extremely difficult. We focus on the left-right action of SL(n) x SL(n) on m-tuples of n-by-n matrices. We show that invariants of degree at most n(n-1) define the null cone, and that consequently invariants of degree at most n^6 generate the invariant ring in characteristic 0. If time permits, we shall discuss the ramifications of our bound to algebraic complexity theory, such as a poly-time algorithm for non-commutative rational identity testing.
Posted April 4, 2016
Last modified April 18, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Nick Ramsey, DePaul University
p-adic modular forms of half-integral weight and applications to L-values
I'll survey my work on p-adic modular forms of half-integral weight. In particular, I'll explain how to interpolate the Shimura lifting across the eigencurve and give an application to the p-adic interpolation of square roots of special values of L-functions.
Posted April 15, 2016
Last modified April 25, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm Lockett 277
Ivan Losev, Northeastern University
Deformations of symplectic singularities and the orbit method
Symplectic singularities were introduced by Beauville in 2000. These are especially nice singular Poisson algebraic varieties that include symplectic quotient singularities and the normalizations of orbit closures in semisimple Lie algebras. Poisson deformations of conical symplectic singularities were studied by Namikawa who proved that they are classified by points of a vector space. Recently I have proved that quantizations of conical symplectic singularities are still classified by the points of the same vector spaces. I will explain these results and then apply them to establish a version of Kirillov's orbit method for semisimple Lie algebras.
Posted August 11, 2016
Last modified September 6, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 284
Holly Swisher, Oregon State University
Quantum mock modular forms arising from eta-theta functions
In 2013, Lemke Oliver classified all eta-quotients which are theta functions. In this work we construct mock modular forms from the eta-theta functions with even characters, such that the shadows of these mock modular forms are given by the eta-theta functions with odd characters. We further prove that the constructed mock modular forms are quantum modular forms. As corollaries, we establish simple finite hypergeometric expressions which may be used to evaluate Eichler integrals of the odd eta-theta functions, as well as some curious algebraic identities. If time allows, we will address some recent extensions of this work from our recent summer REU project.
This work is joint with: Amanda Folsom, Sharon Garthwaite, Soon-Yi Kang, Stephanie Treneer (AIM SQuaRE project) and Brian Diaz, Erin Ellefsen (OSU REU project).
Posted September 13, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 284
Kiran Kedlaya, University of California, San Diego
Multiplicities of mod 2 Hecke algebras
Abstract:
This is a report on joint work in progress with Anna Medvedovsky (MPI, Bonn). Motivated by computational issues arising in the tabulation of rational newforms (as in Cremona\'s tables of elliptic curves), we ask about the extent to which the multiplicity of eigenvalues of the Hecke operator T_2 on a space of newforms of odd level is explained by known facts (e.g., Serre\'s conjecture). In weight 2, we have compiled a massive data set and compared it against known results; this yields partial agreement, but there is still some room for improvement.
Posted September 13, 2016
Last modified September 28, 2016
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 284
Fang-Ting Tu, LSU Mathematics Department
Hypergeometric functions over finite fields and their applications
Abstract: For a hypergeometric algebraic variety, we can express the number of it rational points over finite fields in terms of the so-called hypergeometric functions over finite fields. We have many transformation and evaluation formulas of finite field hypergeometric functions, which are parallel to the results of the classical case. As applications, we can study the arithmetic of hypergeometric varieties using these formulas.
Posted September 13, 2016
Last modified March 3, 2021
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 284
Xingting Wang, Temple University
Quantum groups associated to a pair of preregular forms
In this talk, we study universal quantum groups that simultaneously coact on a pair of N-Koszul Artin-Schelter regular algebras. This work leads to a recovery of many well-known examples of quantum groups defined by various authors in the literature. Moreover, we show these quantum groups have surprisingly nice presentations in terms of the twisted superpotentials associated to the underlining graded algebras, respectively. In particular, we will discuss the universal quantum group associated to a pair of three-dimensional Sklyanin algebras, whose ring-theoretic and homological behaviors need further investigation. This is a joint work with Alexandru Chirvasitu and Chelsea Walton.
Posted September 28, 2016
Last modified October 20, 2016
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 284
Simon Riche, Université Clermont Auvergne
Character formulas in the modular representation theory of reductive algebraic groups
Abstract
In this talk I will present a project (including joint works with Pramod
Achar, Shotaro Makisumi, Carl Mautner, and Geordie Williamson) which
aims at providing a character formula for simple representations of
reductive algebraic groups over fields of positive characteristic. This
formula is inspired by Lusztig's conjecture, but different, and is
expected to hold in all characteristics bigger than the Coxeter number.
We expect to prove this formula using a geometric approach involving
coherent sheaves on the Springer resolution and constructible sheaves on
the affine flag variety and the affine Grassmannian of the Langlands
dual group.
Posted September 16, 2016
Last modified October 20, 2016
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 284
Nathan Green, Texas A&M
Special Values of L-functions and the Shtuka Function
Abstract: We study the arithmetic of coordinate rings of elliptic curves in finite characteristic and analyze their connection with Drinfeld modules. Using the functional equation for the shtuka function, we find identities for power sums and twisted power sums over these coordinate rings which allow us to express function field zeta values in terms of the shtuka function and the period of the exponential function. Joint with M. Papanikolas.
Posted September 13, 2016
Last modified October 20, 2016
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Chelsea Walton, Temple University
PBW deformations of braided doubles
Abstract: I'll present new examples of deformations of smash product algebras that arise from Hopf algebra actions on pairs of Koszul module algebras. This construction generalizes several 'double' constructions appearing in the literature, including Weyl algebras and some types of Cherednik algebras, and it complements the braided double construction of Bazlov and Berenstein. There will probably be more questions than answers in this talk. This is joint work with Sarah Witherspoon.
Posted October 17, 2016
Last modified January 11, 2017
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm
Shotaro Makisumi, Stanford University
A new approach to modular Koszul duality
The Koszul duality of Beilinson-Ginzburg-Soergel is a derived equivalence involving the BGG category O, which plays a central role in the study of highest weight modules of a semisimple complex Lie algebra. Geometrically, this may be viewed as a derived equivalence relating Langlands dual flag varieties. In this talk, I will discuss a new approach to a modular (positive characteristic) analogue of this result proved by Pramod Achar and Simon Riche.
Prerequisites will be kept to a minimum: once I have motivated the result, I will not work with representations or perverse/parity sheaves, instead giving an algebraic/combinatorial model (moment graph sheaves, Soergel bimodules) for these objects, focusing on the case of SL2. This will be enough for illustrating the key ingredient, a new construction of a left monodromy action.
I will also briefly report on joint work in progress with Pramod Achar, Simon Riche, and Geordie Williamson, in which we plan to extend the result to Kac-Moody flag varieties. The latter result would imply the Riche-Williamson conjecture on characters of tilting modules of reductive groups.
Posted January 15, 2017
Last modified February 5, 2017
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
William Hardesty, Louisiana State University
Support varieties for algebraic groups and the Humphreys conjecture
Abstract: In this talk I will begin by recalling the notion of a support variety
for a module over a finite group scheme. This will be followed by a
brief overview of classical results and calculations in the case when
the finite group scheme is the first Frobenius kernel of a reductive
algebraic group G. In 1997, J. Humphreys conjectured that the support
varieties of indecomposable tilting modules for G (a very important
class of modules) is controlled by a combinatorial bijection, due to G.
Lusztig, between nilpotent orbits and a certain collection of subsets of
the affine Weyl group called "canonical cells". This later became known
as the "Humphreys conjecture". I will discuss my proof of this
conjecture for when G=GL(n). If time permits, I may also present some of
my recent joint work with P. Achar and S. Riche concerning the Humphreys
conjecture in other types.
Posted January 15, 2017
Last modified March 6, 2017
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Lockett 277
Kenny De Commer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Heisenberg algebras of quantized enveloping type
Abstract: To any semisimple complex Lie algebra and generic complex number q can be associated two Hopf algebras: the QUEA (quantized universal enveloping algebra) and its dual QFA (quantum function algebra). The first of these can be constructed from a simpler algebra, the QUEA of a Borel subalgebra, by a general process known as the Drinfeld double construction. On the other hand, there exists an intermediate algebra, known as Heisenberg double, linking the Drinfeld double to a tensor product of two Borel QUEA. In this talk, I will explain how the Heisenberg double and the QFA are related, and will explain briefly how this observation can be used to find different spectral realizations of Borel QUEA as (unbounded) operators on a Hilbert space in the case of q real.
Posted January 11, 2017
Last modified May 8, 2021
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Lockett 277
Nicholas Cooney, Univ. Clermont-Ferrand
Quantizations of Multiplicative Quiver Varieties at Roots of Unity
To a quiver Q with dimension vector d, one can associate an algebra Dq(Q), which is a flat q-deformation of the algebra of differential operators on the space of d-dimensional representations of the quiver, D(Matd(Q)). There is also a quantum moment map q compatible with various degenerations of the source and target to their classical analogues. These algebras and the map q were first constructed by David Jordan, who then studied them in the case where q 2 C is not a root of unity. I will discuss the case where q is a root of unity. Here, the algebra Dq(Q) attains a large centre. For dimension d equal to 1 at each vertex of Q, Dq(Q) is locally a matrix algebra generically on Spec(Z). One can associate quiver varieties to Q with this dimension vector that are multiplicative versions of hypertoric varieties. In this case, quantum Hamiltonian reductions of Dq(Q) along q are quantizations of these multiplicative hypertoric varieties which are again locally matrix algebras. The category of coherent sheaves of modules for these algebras is derived equivalent to that of modules over the global sections algebra—an instance of derived Beilinson-Bernstein localisation. In the first part of the talk, I will give the necessary background and context, explaining how this work can be framed as an instance of a paradigm which is prevalent in geometric representation theory. The second part will consist of a more detailed treatment of the root of unity case, including a discussion of possible extensions of some of these results to higher dimension vectors. This is joint work with Iordan Ganev and David Jordan.
Posted January 15, 2017
Last modified March 13, 2017
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Lockett 277
Stefan Kolb, Newcastle University
The center of quantum symmetric pair coideal subalgebras -- revisited
Abstract: Drinfeld-Jimbo quantised enveloping algebras (QUE) have a younger sibling, the theory of quantum symmetric pairs, which is as rich in structure as QUE themselves. In finite type, the center of QUE can be described in terms of their universal R-matrix. In this talk I will explain how the recently constructed universal K-matrix for quantum symmetric pairs can be employed in a similar fashion to describe a basis of the center of quantum symmetric pair coideal subalgebras. This simplifies joint work with G. Letzter from 2006.
Posted January 15, 2017
Last modified March 22, 2017
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Lockett 277
Peter Jorgensen, Newcastle University
Thick subcategories of d-abelian categories
Let d be a positive integer. The notion of d-abelian categories was introduced by Jasso. Such a category does not have kernels and cokernels, but rather d-kernels and d-cokernels which are longer complexes with weaker universal properties. Canonical examples of d-abelian categories are d-cluster tilting subcategories of abelian categories. We introduce the notion of thick subcategories of d-abelian categories. We show that functorially finite thick subcategories of d-cluster tilting subcategories are in bijection to so-called d-rigid epimorphisms. This generalises a classic result by Geigle and Lenzing. We apply this to show a classification of the thick subcategories of a family of d-abelian categories associated to quivers of type A_n. This is a report on joint work with Martin Herschend and Laertis Vaso.
Posted January 15, 2017
Last modified March 29, 2017
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Lockett 277
Dima Arinkin, University of Wisconsin
Geometry of linear ODEs
Abstract: There is a classical correspondence between systems of n linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) of order one and linear ODEs of order n. (The correspondence may be viewed as a kind of `canonical normal form' for systems of ODEs.) The correspondence can be restated geometrically: given a Riemann surface C, a vector bundle E on C, and a connection \nabla on E, it is possible to find a rational basis of E such that \nabla is in the canonical normal form. All of the above objects have a version for arbitrary semisimple Lie group G (with the case of systems of ODEs corresponding to G=GL(n)): we can consider differential operators whose `matrices' are in the Lie algebra of G, and then try to `change the basis' so that the `matrix' is in the `canonical normal form.' However, the statement turns out to be significantly harder. In my talk, I will show how the geometric approach can be used to prove the claim for any G.
Posted January 23, 2017
Last modified March 17, 2017
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Lockett 277
Jie Zhou, Perimeter institute
Periods and Gromov-Witten invariants
Abstract: The mirror symmetry conjectures asserts that the generating series of Gromov-Witten invariants (curve counting) of a Calabi-Yau variety are identical to some "universal" differential polynomials of period integrals of its mirror Calabi-Yau variety. I will explain in detail how these "universal" polynomials can be read off from the Picard-Fuchs system of the mirror Calabi-Yau variety, for the genus zero and one cases which are so far the only cases proved rigorously in mathematics. I will also discuss some nice ingredients (e.g., generating series of point counting, polylogarithms, Feynman diagrams and manipulation on Picard-Fuchs equations) which seem to have a motivic nature. A particularly interesting example of Calabi-Yau 3-fold will be emphasized, in which modular forms arise naturally.
Posted April 11, 2017
Last modified May 8, 2021
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Lockett 277
Ha Tran, University of Calgary
On reduced ideals of a number field
Let F be a number field. The reduced ideals of F can be used for computing its class group and regulator. In this talk, we will introduce reduced ideals first for quadratic fields then for an arbitrary number field. Next, we will discuss a generalization of reduced ideals using the LLL-algorithm. Finally, some open problems relating to this topic will be presented.
Posted April 22, 2017
Last modified May 18, 2017
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm Lockett 9
David Lax, Virginia Tech
Order Filter Model for Minuscule Plucker Relations
Abstract: The Plucker relations which define the Grassmann manifolds as projective varieties interact nicely with a natural order on the projective coordinates; the resulting homogeneous coordinate ring is an algebra with straightening law. This is a property shared by all minuscule flag manifolds. The order structures on their projective coordinates share common properties and are called minuscule lattices. We study their generalized Plucker relations independent of Lie type through the minuscule lattices. To do this we combinatorially model the Plucker coordinates based on Wildberger\'s construction of minuscule Lie algebra representations; it uses the colored partially ordered sets known as minuscule posets. We obtain, uniformly across Lie type, descriptions of the Plucker relations of ``extreme weight\'\'. We show that these are supported by ``double-tailed diamond\'\' sublattices of minuscule lattices. From this, we obtain a complete set of Plucker relations for the exceptional minuscule flag manifolds. These Plucker relations are straightening laws for their respective coordinate rings.
Posted August 2, 2017
Last modified September 12, 2017
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 276 Lockett
Matthew Lee, University of California, Riverside
Global Weyl modules for non-standard maximal parabolics of twisted affine Lie algebras
Abstract: In this talk we will discuss the structure of non standard maximal parabolics of twisted affine Lie algebras, global Weyl modules and the associated commutative associative algebra, $\\mathbf{A}_\\lambda$. Since the global Weyl modules associated with the standard maximal parabolics have found many applications the hope is that these non-standard maximal parabolics will lead to different, but equally interesting applications.
Posted October 21, 2017
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 276 Lockett
Bach Nguyen, Louisiana State University
Noncommutative discriminants via Poisson geometry and representation theory
The notion of discriminant is an important tool in number theory, algebraic geometry and noncommutative algebra. However, in concrete situations, it is difficult to compute and this has been done for few noncommutative algebras by direct methods. In this talk, we will describe a general method for computing noncommutative discriminants which relates them to representation theory and Poisson geometry. As an application we will provide explicit formulas for the discriminants of the quantum Schubert cell algebras at roots of unity. If time permits, we will also discuss this for the case of quantized coordinate rings of simple algebraic groups and quantized universal enveloping algebras of simple Lie algebras. This is joint work with Kurt Trampel and Milen Yakimov.
Posted September 9, 2017
Last modified October 20, 2017
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 276 Lockett
Anna Romanov, University of Utah
A Kazhdan-Lusztig algorithm for Whittaker modules
The category of Whittaker modules for a complex semisimple Lie algebra generalizes the category of highest weight modules and displays similar structural properties. In particular, Whittaker modules have finite length composition series and all irreducible Whittaker modules appear as quotients of certain standard Whittaker modules which are generalizations of Verma modules. Using the localization theory of Beilinson-Bernstein, one obtains a beautiful geometric description of Whittaker modules as twisted sheaves of D-modules on the associated flag variety. I use this geometric setting to develop an analogue of the Kazhdan-Lusztig algorithm for computing the multiplicities of irreducible Whittaker modules in the composition series of standard Whittaker modules.
Posted August 31, 2017
Last modified November 9, 2017
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 276 Lockett
Yifan Yang, National Taiwan University
Rational torsion points on the generalised Jacobian of a modular curve with cuspidal modulus
In this talk we consider the generalised Jacobian of the modular curve X_0(N) with respect to the reduced divisor given by the sum of cusps. When N is a prime power >3, we show that the group of rational torsion points on the generalised Jacobian tends to be much smaller than the classical Jacobian. This is a joint work with Takao Yamazaki.
Posted December 11, 2017
Last modified January 14, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Yinhuo Zhang, Universiteit Hasselt
Finite-dimensional quasi-Hopf algebras of Cartan type
In this talk, we present a general method for constructing finite-dimensional quasi-Hopf algebras from finite abelian groups and braided vector spaces of Cartan type. The study of such quasi-Hopf algebras leads to the classification of finite-dimensional radically graded basic quasi-Hopf algebras over abelian groups with dimensions not divisible by 2,3,5,7 and associators given by abelian 3-cocycles. As special cases , the small quasi-quantum groups are introduced and studied. Many new explicit examples of finite-dimensional genuine quasi-Hopf algebras are obtained.
Posted November 30, 2017
Last modified January 23, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
William Casper, Louisiana State University
Algebras of Differential Operators and Algebraic Geometry with Applications
The algebro-geometric structure of the centralizer of a differential operator has a strong influence over the value of the operator itself. This principle serves as the basis of the theory of soliton solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation. Furthermore, these ideas have been shown to have purely algebraic applications in the context of the Schottky's problem of characterizing Jacobian varieties. In this talk, we relate some of the historical highlights in the study of centralizers of differential operators. Following this, we describe some recent applications in the classification of bispectral differential operators. (The latter is based on joint work with Milen Yakimov and results from the author's Ph.D. thesis)
Posted November 30, 2017
Last modified January 26, 2018
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
William Casper, Louisiana State University
The Prolate Spheroidal Phenomenon, Bispectrality, and Growth of Algebras
The prolate spheroidal phenomenon is the property that certain integral operators possess commuting differential operators. It has been long conjectured that integral operators possessing the prolate spheroidal property are closely related to bispectral functions. In this talk we demonstrate a general connection between the two topics by establishing a natural bi-filtration on the algebra of bispectral operators and measuring the growth rate. By obtaining an estimate for the growth rate, we are able to show that the bispectral operator algebra contains a differential operator commuting with an integral operator.
Posted November 30, 2017
Last modified February 19, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Peng-Jie Wong, PIMS-University of Lethbridge
Holomorphy of L-functions and distribution of primes
The analytic properties of L-functions have been one of the central topics in number theory as they have many arithmetic applications. For example, the distribution of prime numbers has a deep connection with the properties of the Riemann zeta function. In general, for any number field, there are primes and L-functions of similar nature. In this talk, we shall discuss the holomorphy of such L-functions and its applications to the distributions of the associated primes.
Posted January 15, 2018
Last modified February 22, 2018
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm
Wen-Ching Winnie Li, Pennsylvania State University
colloquium this week
Posted February 27, 2018
Last modified March 3, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Laura Rider, University of Georgia
An Iwahori-Whittaker model for the Satake category
The geometric Satake equivalence gives a topological incarnation of the representation theory of a connected, reductive algebraic group over any field. This description uses so-called "spherical" perverse sheaves on the affine Grassmannian. In my talk, I'll discuss an Iwahori-Whittaker model for this category. This model takes advantage of a cellular stratification of the affine Grassmannian, and as a result, allows for some nice applications of the equivalence. This work is joint with Roman Bezrukavnikov, Dennis Gaitsgory, Ivan Mirkovic, and Simon Riche.
Posted March 1, 2018
Last modified March 6, 2018
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm 277 Lockett
Daniel Sternheimer, Rikkyo University & Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne
The reasonable effectiveness of mathematical deformation theory in physics
New fundamental physical theories can, so far a posteriori, be seen as emerging from existing ones via some kind of deformation. That is the basis for Flato's "deformation philosophy", of which the main paradigms are the physics revolutions from the beginning of the twentieth century, quantum mechanics (via deformation quantization) and special relativity.
On the basis of these facts we explain how symmetries of hadrons (strongly interacting elementary particles) could "emerge" by deforming in some sense (including quantization) the Anti de Sitter symmetry (AdS), itself a deformation of the Poincare group of special relativity.
The ultimate goal is to base on fundamental principles the dynamics of strong interactions, which originated over half a century ago from empirically guessed "internal" symmetries.
We start with a rapid presentation of the physical (hadrons) and mathematical (deformation theory) contexts, including a possible explanation of photons as composites of AdS singletons and of leptons as similar composites. Then we present a "model generating" framework in which AdS would be deformed and quantized (possibly at root of unity and/or in manner not yet mathematically developed with noncommutative "parameters").
That would give (using deformations) a space-time origin to the "internal" symmetries of elementary particles, on which their dynamics were based, and either question, or give a conceptually solid base to, the Standard Model, in line with Einstein's quotation: "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
Posted January 16, 2018
Last modified February 25, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Rina Anno, Kansas State University
Non-split P^n-twists
P^n-objects were introduced in 2005 by Huybrechts and Thomas as objects E in D^b(Coh X) for a smooth projective X satisfying certain conditions, one of which is Ext^*(E,E) being isomorphic as a graded ring to H^*(P^n,C). These objects induce autoequivalences of D^b(Coh X) called P^n-twists. In 2011, Addington proposed a definition for P^n-functors that also define autoequivalences of the target category. One of the requirements in his definition is that if F is a P^n-functor and R is its right adjoint, RF\simeq \oplus H^i, where H is an autoequivalence of the source category of F. We are going to introduce the definition of a P^n-functor where RF is isomorphic to a repeated extension of id by H^i (a convolution of a complex of H^i's in some DG enhancement, which generalizes the direct sum), and provide a class of examples. This is joint work with Timothy Logvinenko.
Posted March 13, 2018
Last modified March 19, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Neal Livesay, University of California, Riverside
Moduli spaces of irregular singular connections
A classical problem in mathematics is that of classifying singular differential operators. An algebro-geometric variant of this problem involves the construction of moduli spaces of connections on vector bundles over P^1 with singularities x_1,...,x_k. Locally (i.e., around a singularity x_i), a selection of a basis for the vector bundle induces a matrix form for the connection. The study of matrices associated to connections is analogous to the study of matrices associated to linear maps. In this talk, I will discuss a construction of moduli spaces of connections on P^1 which are locally diagonalizable, along with recent generalizations made by C. Bremer, D. Sage, and N. Livesay.
Posted March 1, 2018
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LSU Spring Break
Posted January 15, 2018
Last modified April 8, 2018
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Li Guo, Rutgers University at Newark
A Locality Principle of Renormalization via Algebraic Birkhoff Factorization
An interpretation of the locality principle in renormalization is that a locality property is preserved in the process of renormalization. We establish such a principle in the framework of the algebraic approach of Connes and Kreimer to quantum field renormalization, by working with their algebraic Birkhoff factorization. More precisely we show that if a regularization map is a locality map, then so is the corresponding renormalization map from the algebraic Birkhoff factorization. For this purpose, we introduce locality for various algebraic structures including those of a Hopf algebra, a Rota-Baxter algebra and a regularization map between the two algebras. For applications, we consider the exponential generating function of lattice points in a convex cone, giving rise to a meromorphic function with linear poles.
Posted February 27, 2018
Last modified March 3, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Soumya (Shom) Banerjee, Tulane University
Revisiting the Variety of Complete Quadrics
The variety of complete quadrics is a family of smooth projective variety that has a long and interesting history which rivals Grassmannian variety and Flag varieties. However, surprisingly little is known about its geometric structure. In this talk, I will explain our attempts to understand the geometry of this variety in an explicit way. This is a joint work with Mahir Can and Mike Joyce.
Posted April 30, 2018
Last modified May 6, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Xingting Wang, Temple University
Representations of 4-dimensional Sklyanin algebras through Poisson geometry.
In 1982, Sklyanin constructed a certain noncommutative graded algebra A(E,\tau) depending on an elliptic curve E embedded in P^3 and a point \tau in E related to the Yang-Baxter equation in "quantum inverse scattering method". It was shown by Smith and Stafford that these so-called 4-dimensional Sklyanin algebras have the same Hilbert series as the polynomial algebra on four variables and possess excellent homological property. When \tau is torsion-free, Smith and Staniszkis proved that there are exactly 4-parametric families of non-trivial irreducible representations at each dimension of k >= 1. In this talk, we give all irreducible representations of A(E, \tau) when \tau is of finite order n>4 with the help of Poisson geometry and deformation quantization. This is a joint work of Chelsea Walton and Milen Yakimov.
Posted September 7, 2018
Last modified September 30, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Armin Straub, University of South Alabama
The congruences of Fermat, Euler, Gauss and stronger versions thereof
The Gauss congruences are a natural generalization of the more familiar Fermat and Euler congruences. Interesting families of combinatorial and number theoretic sequences are known to satisfy these congruences. Though a general classification remains wide open, Minton characterized constant recursive sequences satisfying Gauss congruences. We consider the natural extension of this question to Laurent coefficients of multivariate rational functions. One of the motivations for studying Gauss congruences lies in the fact that a certain interesting class of sequences, related to Ap\'ery-like constructions of linear forms in zeta values, conjecturally satisfies stronger versions of these congruences. We outline this story and indicate recent developments. The first part of this talk is based on joint work with Frits Beukers and Marc Houben, while the second part includes joint work with Dermot McCarthy and Robert Osburn.
Posted November 10, 2018
Last modified November 15, 2018
Algebra and Number Theory Seminar Questions or comments?
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Yilong Wang, Louisiana State University
Higher Gauss sums of modular categories
In this talk, we will introduce the notion of a modular category with an emphasis on the Galois group action such a category. Then we will discuss a family of categorical invariants of a modular category called the higher Gauss sums as generalizations of the classical quadratic Gauss sums.
Posted November 10, 2018
Last modified November 25, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Scott Baldridge, Louisiana State University
From Spatial Trivalent Graphs with Rigid Perfect Matchings to Categories of Cobordisms and Frobenius Algebras
In the first part of this talk, we introduce the notion of an "interlocking crossbar web", which generalizes knots and links to spatial trivalent graphs with rigid perfect matchings. We then define a new cohomology theory that is invariant of these webs and show how to compute it using simple examples. When the web is a knot (i.e., no crossbars), this cohomology theory reduces to the usual Khovanov Homology of the knot. When the web is planar, this cohomology is a recently-discovered invariant of the planar trivalent graph with its perfect matching. In the second part of the talk, we attempt to interpret this cohomology in terms of TQFTs: What is the category of cobordisms (2Cob) for this theory? In particular, what are examples of generators and relations in the category? How do these generators and relations relate to Frobenius Algebras? The second part of the talk is hoped to be more of a fruitful discussion between participants than a lecture.
Posted November 3, 2018
Last modified March 3, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 114 Lockett
Ignacio Nahuel Zurrian, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (National University of Cordoba)
Completeness of the Bethe Ansatz for an open q-boson system with integrable boundary interaction
We employ a discrete integral-reflection representation of the double affine Hecke algebra of type $C^\V$$C$ at the critical level $q=1$, to endow the open finite q-boson system with integrable boundary interactions at the lattice ends. It is shown that the Bethe Ansatz entails a complete basis of eigenfunctions for the commuting quantum integrals in terms of Macdonald's three-parameter hyperoctahedral Hall-Littlewood polynomials. This is a joint work with J.F. van Diejen and E. Emsiz.
Posted January 28, 2019
Last modified January 10, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Wenbin Guo, University of Science and Technology of China
Recent some progress on finite groups
In this talk, we will discuss some recent developments of the theory of finite groups, which include F-hypercenter and its generalizations, the theory of quasi-F-groups, the generalization of Schur-Zassenhaus theorem, Hall theorem and Chunihin theorem and answers to two Wielandt's open problems.
Posted November 3, 2018
Last modified February 3, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Iván Angiono, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (National University of Cordoba)
On Nichols algebras
Nichols algebras appeared naturally when several authors, led by Andruskiewitsch and Schneider, looked for the classification of (a family of) non semisimple finite dimensional Hopf algebras. They are a universal quotient of the tensor algebra of a braided vector space. The aim of this talk is to introduce Nichols algebras, present several examples, and finally give some properties when the braided vector space is of diagonal type.
Posted November 3, 2018
Last modified February 9, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Ignacio Nahuel Zurrian, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (National University of Cordoba)
Time-Band-Limiting for Matrix-valued functions
The subject of time-band-limiting, originating in signal processing, is dominated by the "miracle" that a naturally appearing integral operator admits a commuting differential one allowing for a numerically efficient way to compute its eigenfunctions. Bispectrality is an effort to dig into the reasons behind this miracle. This search has revealed unexpected connections with several parts of mathematics. In this talk consider a matrix valued version of bispectrality and give a general condition under which we can display a constructive and simple way to obtain the commuting differential operator. Furthermore, we will build an operator that commutes with both the time-limiting operator and the band-limiting operators.
Posted November 3, 2018
Last modified February 22, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Nicolas Andruskiewitsch, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (National University of Cordoba)
The classification of Hopf algebras with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension
The classification of Hopf algebras with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension has received attention recently. Nichols algebras play an important role in this question that will be explained in the talk together with an overview of examples and partial results.
Posted December 27, 2018
Last modified February 22, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Eric Rowell, Texas A&M
Representations of Mapping Class Groups and Motion Groups
(2+1)TQFTs and their algebraic counterparts (modular categories) provide finite dimensional representations
of mapping class groups, such as the braid group and SL(2,Z). Analogously, one expects to (3+1)TQFTs to
give us representations of motion groups, such as the loop braid group--the motions of the n-component unlink.
I will describe a few questions related to these representations, some of which are motivated by topological quantum
computation, and what is currently known about their answers.
Posted December 11, 2018
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Mardi Gras Holiday
Posted October 1, 2018
Last modified October 26, 2018
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett(Originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 20, 2018)
Luca Candelori, Wayne State University
Transcendence of Periods and Endomorphism Algebras of Jacobian Varieties
In this talk I will describe a new method to bound the number of linear relations with algebraic coefficients between the periods of an algebraic curve. As shown by Shiga and Wolfart, these bounds provide information regarding the dimension of the endomorphism algebra of the corresponding Jacobian variety. I will explain how to employ these new bounds to explore two of the many open questions about endomorphism algebras of Jacobians: which Jacobians have complex multiplication, and which Jacobians are totally decomposable.
Posted December 17, 2018
Last modified January 10, 2022
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm 232 Lockett
Timo Richarz, Technische Universitat Darmstadt
Smoothness of Schubert varieties in affine Grassmannians
The geometry in the reduction of Shimura varieties, respectively moduli spaces of Drinfeld shtuka plays a central role in the Langlands program, and it is desirable to single out cases of smooth reduction. This question reduces to the corresponding Schubert variety which is defined in terms of linear algebra, and thus easier to handle. We consider Schubert varieties which are associated with a reductive group G over a Laurent series local field, and a special vertex in the Bruhat-Tits building. If G splits, a strikingly simple classification is given by a theorem of Evens-Mirković and Malkin-Ostrik-Vybornov. If G does not split, the analogue of their theorem fails: there is a single surprising additional case of “exotic smoothness”. In my talk, I explain how to obtain a complete list of the smooth and rationally smooth Schubert varieties. This is joint work with Thomas J. Haines from Maryland.
Posted February 12, 2019
Last modified April 8, 2019
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm 232 Lockett(Originally scheduled for Monday, April 22, 2019)
Peter Jorgensen, Newcastle University
Model categories of quiver representations
This is a report on joint work with Henrik Holm.
Let R be a k-algebra. Given a cotorsion pair (A,B) in Mod(R), Gillespie's Theorem shows how to construct a model category structure on C(Mod R), the category of chain complexes over Mod(R). There is an associated homotopy category H.
If (A,B) is the trivial cotorsion pair (projective modules, everything), then H is the derived category D(Mod R). Several other important triangulated categories can also be obtained from the construction.
Chain complexes over R are the Mod(R)-valued representations of a certain quiver with relations: Linearly oriented A double infinity modulo the composition of any two consecutive arrows. We show that Gillespie's Theorem generalises to arbitrary self-injective quivers with relations, providing us with many new model category structures.
Posted December 11, 2018
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Spring Break
Posted May 7, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Liang Chang, Nankai University
On 3-manifold invariants from Hopf algebras
There are two main approaches for defining quantum invariants of closed 3-manifolds from Hopf algebras. The first one is to use the Heegaard diagram presentation of 3-manifolds. The other one uses the presentation of 3-manifolds by surgery along links. In this talk, we will review these two types of quantum invariants constructed by Kuperberg and Hennings, and report the recent work on their relationship.
Posted August 27, 2019
Last modified September 5, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Moises Herradon Cueto, Louisiana State University
The local type of difference equations
D-modules allow us to study differential equations through the lens of algebraic geometry. They are widely studied and have been shown to be full of structure. In contrast, the case of difference equations is lacking some of the most basic constructions. We focus on the following question: D-modules have a clear notion of what it means to restrict to a (formal) neighborhood of a point, namely extension of scalars to a power series ring. However, what does it mean to restrict a difference equation to a neighborhood of a point? I will give an answer which encompasses the intuitive notions of a "zero" and a "pole" of a difference equation, but further it is consistent in two more ways. First of all, we can show that restricting a difference equation to a point and to its complement is enough to recover the difference equation. Secondly, there exists a local Mellin transform analogous to the local Fourier transform. The local Fourier transform describes singularities of a D-module on the affine line in terms of the singularities of its Fourier transform. Similarly, the Mellin transform is an equivalence between D-modules on the punctured affine line and difference modules on the line, and we can relate singularities on both sides via this local Mellin transform. I will also talk about how to apply the same ideas to other kinds of difference equations, such as elliptic equations, which generalize difference and differential equations at once.
Posted September 7, 2019
Last modified September 27, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Solly Parenti, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Unitary CM Fields and the Colmez Conjecture
In 1993, Pierre Colmez conjectured a formula for the Faltings height of a CM abelian variety in terms of logarithmic derivatives of certain L-functions. I will discuss how we can extend the known cases of the conjecture to a class of unitary CM fields using the recently proven average version of the conjecture.
Posted September 14, 2019
Last modified October 5, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Chenliang Huang, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
The solutions of gl(m|n) Gaudin Bethe ansatz equation, rational pseudodifferential operators, and the gl(m|n) spaces
We consider the gl(m|n) Gaudin Bethe ansatz equation associated to a tensor product of polynomial modules. Given a solution we describe a reproduction procedure which produces a family of new solutions which we call a population of solutions. We also write a rational pseudodifferential operator invariant under the reproduction procedure. We expect that the coefficients of the expansion of this operator are eigenvalues of the higher Gaudin Hamiltonians acting on the corresponding Bethe vector. The kernels of the numerator and denominator of the rational differential operator consist of rational functions and form a super space. Then we show that the population is canonically identified with the set of complete factorizations of the rational pseudodifferential operator, and with the variety of full super flags in the super space of rational functions. We conjecture that the eigenvectors of the Gaudin Hamiltonians are in a bijection with super spaces of rational functions with the prescribed properties which we call the gl(m|n) spaces.
Posted August 19, 2019
Last modified October 5, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Changningphaabi Namoijam, Texas A&M
Transcendence of Hyperderivatives of Logarithms and Quasi-logarithms of Drinfeld Modules
In 2012, Chang and Papanikolas proved the transcendence of certain logarithms and quasi-logarithms of Drinfeld Modules. We extend this result to transcendence of hyperderivatives of these logarithms and quasi-logarithms. To do this, we construct a suitable t-motive and then use Papanikolas' results on transcendence degree of the period matrix of a t-motive and dimension of its Galois group.
Posted October 11, 2019
Last modified November 15, 2019
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 285 Lockett
Ignacio Nahuel Zurrian, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (National University of Cordoba)
Some applications of discrete harmonic analysis
We will discuss some concrete applications of discrete integrable systems through certain representations of Double Affine Hecke Algebras.
Posted October 11, 2019
Last modified January 31, 2020
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett(Originally scheduled for Wednesday, November 27, 2019)
Kent Vashaw, Louisiana State University
Noncommutative tensor triangular geometry
We describe a general theory of the prime spectrum of non-braided monoidal triangulated categories. These notions are a noncommutative analogue to Paul Balmer's prime spectra of symmetric tensor-triangulated categories. Noncommutative monoidal triangulated categories appear naturally as stable module categories for non-quasitriangular Hopf algebras and as derived categories of bimodules of noncommutative algebras. In stable module categories of Hopf algebras, the support theory of the category, as described by Benson-Iyengar-Krause, is linked to the Balmer spectrum, which is shown to be the final support datum. We will describe how this connection can be used to compute Balmer spectra in general, and we will compute the Balmer spectra for stable module categories of the small quantum group of a Borel subalgebra at a root of unity, and the stable module categories for smash coproduct Hopf algebras of group algebras with coordinate rings of groups. This is joint work with Daniel Nakano and Milen Yakimov.
Posted January 15, 2020
Last modified March 2, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 232 Lockett
Po-Han Hsu, Louisiana State University
Erdős-Kac theorem and its deviation principles
Posted January 14, 2020
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Mardi Gras Holiday
Posted February 6, 2020
Last modified February 27, 2020
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3:10 pm – 12:00 am 232 Lockett
John Doyle, Louisiana Tech University
Dynamical modular curves and uniform boundedness of preperiodic points
In the mid-1990's, Merel proved the strong uniform boundedness conjecture for torsion points on elliptic curves over number fields. Around the same time, work of Nguyen-Saito and Abramovich established the function field analogue by showing that the gonalities of the modular curves X_1(n) tend to infinity. By studying the geometry of dynamical modular curves, one can prove uniform boundedness for preperiodic points for certain interesting families of polynomial maps over function fields. I will discuss this result as well as a consequence for the dynamical uniform boundedness conjecture over number fields, originally posed by Morton and Silverman. This is joint work with Bjorn Poonen.
Posted January 14, 2020
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Spring Break
Posted March 30, 2020
Last modified April 5, 2020
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom
Richard Gottesman, Queen's University
Vector-Valued Modular Forms
The collection of vector-valued modular forms form a graded module over the ring of modular forms. I will explain how understanding the structure of this module allows one to show that the component functions of vector-valued modular forms satisfy an ordinary differential equation whose coefficients are modular forms. This enables one to give explicit formulas for vector-valued modular forms in terms of hypergeometric series. In certain cases, one can use such formulas to prove the unbounded denominator conjecture.
Posted January 14, 2020
Last modified April 9, 2020
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom
Alyson Deines, Center for Communications Research La Jolla (CCR-L)
Elliptic Curves of Prime Conductor
The torsion order elliptic curves over $\Q$ with prime conductor have been well studied. In particular, we know that for an elliptic curve $E/Q$ with conductor $p$ a prime, if $p > 37$, then E has either no torsion, or is a Neumann-Setzer curve and has torsion order 2. In this talk we examine similar behavior for elliptic curves of prime conductor defined over totally real number fields.
Posted August 21, 2020
Last modified September 20, 2020
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom
C. Douglas Haessig, University of Rochester
Hecke polynomials and the Legendre and Kloosterman families
The Legendre family of elliptic curves and the Kloosterman family of exponential sums, while quite different, share many of the same arithmetic properties. In this talk, we will discuss their symmetric power L-functions and their relation to Hecke polynomials of cusp forms. Some of these relations are conjectural, and a few are now proven.
Posted September 3, 2020
Last modified September 15, 2020
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom
Pablo S. Ocal, Texas A&M University
Hochschild cohomology of general twisted tensor products
The Hochschild cohomology is a tool for studying associative algebras that has a lot of structure: it is a Gerstenhaber algebra. This structure is useful because of its applications in deformation and representation theory, and recently in quantum symmetries. Unfortunately, computing it remains a notoriously difficult task. In this talk we will present techniques that give explicit formulas of the Gerstenhaber algebra structure for general twisted tensor product algebras. This will include an unpretentious introduction to this cohomology and to our objects of interest, as well as the unexpected generality of the techniques. This is joint work with Tekin Karadag, Dustin McPhate, Tolulope Oke, and Sarah Witherspoon.
Posted September 1, 2020
Last modified October 1, 2021
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Walter Bridges, Louisiana State University
Statistics for Partitions and Unimodal Sequences
Under the uniform probability measure on partitions of $n$, what is the size of a typical largest part, as $n →∞$? The study of statistics for partitions is concerned with such questions. This field was revolutionized by Fristedt who in a 1993 transactions paper introduced a useful probabilistic model and a method to transfer results back to the uniform measure. We demonstrate how this machinery can be used to prove an asymptotic formula for certain restricted partitions. The probabilistic approach has some heuristic advantages over a classical circle method/saddle-point method approach.
This work was motivated by the speaker's study of limit shapes for unimodal sequences of integers, 0-1 laws for the shapes of their diagrams. We briefly discuss these results also.
Posted September 1, 2020
Last modified October 26, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom 987 8361 8703
Juliette Bruce, University of California, Berkeley/MSRI
The top weight cohomology of $A_g$
I will discuss recent work calculating the top weight cohomology of the moduli space $A_g$ of principally polarized abelian varieties of dimension $g$ for small values of $g$. The key idea is that this piece of cohomology is encoded combinatorially via the relationship between the boundary complex of a compactification of $A_g$ and the moduli space of tropical abelian varieties. This is joint work with Madeline Brandt, Melody Chan, Margarida Melo, Gwyneth Moreland, and Corey Wolfe.
Posted October 17, 2020
Last modified October 18, 2020
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Jianping Pan, University of California, Davis
Crystal for stable Grothendieck polynomials
The Grothendieck polynomials arise from enumerative geometry, as they can be used to calculate the intersection numbers for the Flag varieties. We introduce a crystal on decreasing factorizations of 321-avoiding elements of the 0-Hecke monoid, whose generating functions are the stable Grothendieck polynomials. This crystal is a K-theoretic generalization of the Morse-Schilling crystal on decreasing factorizations in the symmetric group. We prove that it intertwines with the crystal on set-valued tableaux introduced by Monical, Pechenik, and Scrimshaw (through the residue map). We also define a new insertion algorithm that intertwines with our crystal, with surprising connections to the Hecke insertion algorithm and the uncrowding algorithm for set-valued tableaux.
This talk is based on joint work arXiv:1911.08732 with Jennifer Morse, Wencin Poh, and Anne Schilling.
Posted October 6, 2020
Last modified October 26, 2021
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Manami Roy, Fordham University
An equidistribution theorem for automorphic representations of GSp(4).
There are some well-known classical equidistribution results like Sato-Tate conjecture for elliptic curves and Hecke eigenvalues of classical modular forms. In this talk, we will discuss a similar equidistribution result for a family of cuspidal automorphic representations of GSp(4). We formulate our theorem explicitly in terms of the number of cuspidal automorphic representations in this family. To count the number of these cuspidal automorphic representations, we will explore the connection between Siegel modular forms and automorphic representations of GSp(4). The talk is based on a recent work arXiv:2010.09996 with Ralf Schmidt and Shaoyun Yi.
Posted October 6, 2020
Last modified October 26, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom 987 8361 8703
Bella Tobin, Oklahoma State University
Post-critically finite polynomials with everywhere good reduction
Post-critically finite maps are described as dynamical analogs of CM Abelian Varieties. CM abelian varieties defined over the complex numbers are algebraic, and we know they have everywhere good reduction in some finite extension of their base field. This motivates us to ask the question: do PCF maps have good reduction? We will review the basics of good reduction, discuss useful properties of reduction in arithmetic dynamics, and explore the reduction properties of post-critically finite polynomials.
Posted October 7, 2020
Last modified October 26, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom 987 8361 8703
Lea Beneish, McGill University
Weierstrass mock modular forms and vertex operator algebras
Using techniques from the theory of mock modular forms and harmonic Maass forms, especially Weierstrass mock modular forms, we establish several dimension formulas for certain holomorphic, strongly rational vertex operator algebras, complementing previous work by van Ekeren, Moller, and Scheithauer. As an application, we show that certain special values of the completed Weierstrass zeta function are rational. This talk is based on joint work with Michael Mertens.
Posted February 10, 2021
Last modified October 26, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom 987 8361 8703
Holly Swisher, Oregon State University
Generalizations of the Andrews-Alder Theorem in Partition Theory
Posted March 15, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom 987 8361 8703
Samuel Wilson, LSU
Representations of SL(2, Z/nZ) and Applications to Modular Categories.
In this talk, we describe the irreducible representations of the groups SL(2, Z/nZ) and how they may be constructed as submodules of quadratic modules. We also discuss properties of such representations that are relevant to the study and classification of modular categories.
Posted March 15, 2021
Last modified March 16, 2021
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Ling Long, LSU
A Whipple formula revisited
A well-known formula of Whipple relates certain hypergeometric values $_7F_6(1)$ and $_4F_3(1)$. In this paper we revisit this relation from the viewpoint of the underlying hypergeometric data $HD$, to which there are also associated hypergeometric character sums and Galois representations. We explain a special structure behind Whipple's formula when the hypergeometric data $HD$ are primitive and defined over rationals. As a consequence, the values of the corresponding hypergeometric character sums can be explicitly expressed in terms of Fourier coefficients of certain modular forms. We further relate the hypergeometric values $_7F_6(1)$ in Whipple's formula to the periods of modular forms.
This is a joint project with Wen-Ching Winnie Li and Fang-Ting Tu. Most of the talk will be on a general background about how different hypergeometric aspects can be fit together. It should be accessible to graduate students.
Posted March 11, 2021
Last modified March 24, 2021
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Yau Wing Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Endoscopy for affine Hecke category
Affine Hecke categories are categorifications of Iwahori-Hecke algebras, which are essential in the classification of irreducible representations of loop group LG with Iwahori-fixed vectors. The affine Hecke category has a monodromic counterpart, which contains sheaves with prescribed monodromy under the left and right actions of the maximal torus. We show that the neutral block of this monoidal category is equivalent to the neutral block of the affine Hecke category (with trivial torus monodromy) for the endoscopic group H. It is consistent with the Langlands functoriality conjecture.
Posted February 10, 2021
Last modified April 2, 2021
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Angelica Babei, Dartmouth College
Period polynomials, their zeros, and Eichler cohomology
The study of period polynomials for classical modular forms has emerged due to their role in Eichler cohomology. In particular, the Eichler-Shimura isomorphism gives a correspondence between cusp eigenforms and their period polynomials. The coefficients of period polynomials also encode critical L-values for the associated modular form and thus contain rich arithmetic information. In this talk, we will examine period polynomials from both angles, including their cohomological interpretation as well as some of their analytic properties. Finally, I will describe joint work with Larry Rolen and Ian Wagner, where we introduce period polynomials for Hilbert modular forms of full level and prove that their zeros lie on the unit circle.
Posted March 18, 2021
Last modified April 16, 2021
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Gene Kopp, University of Bristol
Gauss composition with level structure, polyharmonic Maass forms, and Hecke L-series
The Gauss composition law famously describes the class group of a quadratic number field by an operation on binary quadratic forms up to matrix transformation. Using a stricter notion of equivalence, we describe ray class groups of quadratic fields in terms of quadratic forms. We apply this description to the problem of representing primes by binary quadratic forms with congruence conditions on the variables. We also use this description to write special values of Hecke L-series for real quadratic fields as twisted traces of cycle integrals of polyharmonic Maass forms. Here, "polyharmonic" means "vanishing under a power of the Laplacian." This is ongoing joint work with Olivia Beckwith.
Posted March 22, 2021
Last modified April 16, 2021
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Marc Besson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
T-fixed subschemes of affine Schubert varieties and Frenkel-Kac theorems
I will discuss line bundles of level one on twisted affine Schubert varieties. Following work of Zhu, we describe the restriction map from global sections of a level one line bundle to the $T^{\sigma}$-fixed subscheme. Our technique uses global methods and we study this map using the associated map for untwisted affine Schubert varieties. As a corollary we are able to describe the smooth locus of many twisted affine Schubert varieties, proving most cases of a conjecture of Haines and Richarz.
Posted October 31, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom 987 8361 8703
Neelam Saikia, University of Virginia
Frobenius Trace Distributions for Gaussian Hypergeometric Functions
Posted October 16, 2021
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232
Edna Jones, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
A strong asymptotic local-global principle for integral Kleinian sphere packings
We will discuss a strong asymptotic local-global principle for certain integral Kleinian sphere packings. Examples of Kleinian sphere packings include Apollonian circle packings and Soddy sphere packings. Sometimes each sphere in a Kleinian sphere packing has a bend (1/radius) that is an integer. When all the bends are integral, which integers appear as bends? For certain Kleinian sphere packings, we expect that every sufficiently large integer locally represented as a bend of the packing is a bend of the packing. We will discuss ongoing work towards proving this for certain Kleinian sphere packings. This work uses orientation-preserving isometries of (n+1)-dimensional hyperbolic space, quadratic polynomials, the circle method, spectral theory, and expander graphs.
Posted January 19, 2022
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Isabella Negrini, McGill University
A Shimura-Shintani correspondence for rigid analytic cocycles
In their paper Singular moduli for real quadratic fields: a rigid analytic approach, Darmon and Vonk introduced rigid meromorphic cocycles, i.e. elements of $H^1(SL_2(\mathbb Z[1/p]), M^x)$ where $M^x$ is the multiplicative group of rigid meromorphic functions on the p-adic upper-half plane. Their values at RM points belong to narrow ring class fields of real quadratic fiends and behave analogously to CM values of modular functions on $SL_2(\mathbb Z)\backslash H$. In this talk I will present some progress towards developing a Shimura-Shintani correspondence in this setting.
Posted March 2, 2022
Last modified March 6, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom 987 8361 8703
Krishnaswami Alladi, University of Florida
On the local distribution of the number of small prime factors — a variation of the classical theme
The study of the local distribution of the number of prime factors has an illustrious history going back to a 1917 paper of Hardy–Ramanujan. The celebrated Erdős–Kac theorem of 1939 on the global distribution of the number of prime factors created the subject of Probabilistic Number Theory. The study of the global distribution of $\nu_y(n)$, the number of (distinct) prime factors of $n$ which are less than $y$, plays a crucial role in the proof of the Erdős–Kac theorem. Although much is known about the “local distribution” of $\nu(n)$, the number of prime factors of $n$, namely the asymptotics of the function $N_k(x)=\sum_{n\le x, \nu(n)=k}1$, little attention has been paid to the local distribution of $\nu_y(n)$. In discussing the asymptotic behavior of $N_k(x,y)=\sum_{n\le x, \nu_y(n)=k}1$, we noticed a very interesting variation of the classical theme that seems to have escaped attention. To explain this phenomenon, we will obtain uniform asymptotic estimates for $N_k(x,y)$ by a variety of analytic techniques such as those of Selberg, and of Buchstab–De Bruijn (involving difference-differential equations). All this will be described and explained against the background of classical work. The talk will be accessible to non-experts and graduate students. This is joint work with my recent PhD student Todd Molnar.
Posted February 14, 2022
Last modified March 6, 2022
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Yatin Patel, Wayne State University
Minimal Integral Models for Principal Series Weil Characters
We prove a conjecture of Udo Riese about the minimal ring of definition for principal series Weil characters of $\mbox{SL}(2,p)$, for $p$ an odd prime. More precisely, we show that the $(p+1)$-dimensional Weil characters can be realized over the ring of integers of $\mathbb Q(\epsilon p)$ where $\epsilon= (-1)^{(p-1)/2}$, and we provide explicit integral models over these quadratic rings. We do so by studying the Galois action on the integral models of Weil characters recently discovered by Yilong Wang.
Posted February 16, 2022
Last modified March 18, 2022
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Christina Giannitsi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Improving and Maximal Inequalities for Primes in Progressions
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified August 26, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Daniel Fretwell, University of South Wales
Definite orthogonal modular forms: Computations, Excursions and Discoveries
The theory of (positive definite) integral quadratic forms and lattices has a long and rich history. For many years it has been known how to study these objects via their theta series, modular forms whose Fourier coefficients encode arithmetic data. A less well known fact is that isometry classes of lattices (in a genus) can themselves be viewed as automorphic forms, for the corresponding (definite) orthogonal group. These forms also contain a wealth of arithmetic information. In general, algorithms for computing spaces of automorphic forms for higher rank groups are few and far between. However, the case of definite orthogonal groups is concrete enough to be amenable to computation, and provides a significant testing ground for general conjectures in the Langlands Program (e.g. explicit Functoriality). Recently, E. Assaf and J. Voight have developed a new magma package for computing spaces of orthogonal modular forms. We will take a stroll through a zoo of explicit examples computed using this package, outlining links with conjectures of Arthur on endoscopy and discoveries of new Eisenstein congruences. (Joint work with E. Assaf, C. Ingalls, A. Logan, S. Secord and J. Voight)
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified September 6, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Michael Allen, Louisiana State University
On some supercongruence conjectures of Long
In 2003, Rodriguez Villegas conjectured 14 supercongruences between hypergeometric functions arising as periods of certain families of rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds and the Fourier coefficients of weight 4 modular forms. Uniform proofs of these supercongruences were given in 2019 by Long, Tu, Yui, and Zudilin. In 2020 Long conjectured a number of further supercongruences for hypergeometric functions of a similar shape. In this talk, we extend the approach of Long, Tu, Yui, and Zudilin towards establishing six of Long's conjectures, and also discuss possible future directions and further generalizations.
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified September 6, 2022
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Olivia Beckwith, Tulane University
Ramanujan-type congruences for Hurwitz class numbers
The Ramanujan congruences, discovered over a century ago, state that the partition function is annihilated modulo p on a certain arithmetic progression if p is 5, 7, or 11. The work of Ono, Ahlgren, and Treneer shows the coefficients of any weakly holomorphic modular form have infinitely many similar congruence properties. We examine congruences for Hurwitz class numbers, in which case the generating series are mock modular instead of modular. We prove that congruences for Hurwitz class numbers exist on square classes, and we classify the arithmetic progressions appearing in such congruences. This is joint work with Martin Raum and Olav Richter.
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified November 29, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Ayla Gafni, University of Mississippi
Uniform distribution and geometric incidence theory
The Szemerédi–Trotter Incidence Theorem, a central result in geometric combinatorics, bounds the number of incidences between $n$ points and $m$ lines in the Euclidean plane. Replacing lines with circles leads to the unit distance problem, which asks how many pairs of points in a planar set of $n$ points can be at a unit distance. The unit distance problem breaks down in dimensions $4$ and higher due to degenerate configurations that attain the trivial bound. However, nontrivial results are possible under certain structural assumptions about the point set. In this talk, we will give an overview of the history of these and other incidence results. Then we will introduce a quantitative notion of uniform distribution and use that property to obtain nontrivial bounds on unit distances and point-hyperplane incidences in higher-dimensional Euclidean space. This is based on joint work with Alex Iosevich and Emmett Wyman.
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified September 26, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom
Hasan Saad, University of Virginia
Explicit Sato-Tate type distribution for a family of $K3$ surfaces
In the 1960s, Birch proved that the traces of Frobenius for elliptic curves taken at random over a large finite field is modeled by the semicircular distribution (i.e. the usual Sato-Tate for non-CM elliptic curves). In analogy with Birch's result, a recent paper by Ono, the author, and Saikia proved that the limiting distribution of the normalized Frobenius traces $A_{\lambda}(p)$ of a certain family of $K3$ surfaces $X_\lambda$ with generic Picard rank $19$ is the $O(3)$ distribution. This distribution, which we denote by $\frac{1}{4\pi}f(t),$ is quite different from the semicircular distribution. It is supported on $[-3,3]$ and has vertical asymptotes at $t=\pm1.$ Here we make this result explicit. We prove that if $p\geq 5$ is prime and $-3 \leq a \lt b \leq 3$, then $$ \left|\frac{\#\{\lambda\in\mathbb{F}_p :A_{\lambda}(p)\in[a,b]\}}{p}-\frac{1}{4\pi}\int_a^b f(t)dt\right|\leq \frac{110.84}{p^{1/4}}. $$ As a consequence, we are able to determine when a finite field $\mathbb{F}_p$ is large enough for the discrete histograms to reach any given height near $t=\pm1.$ To obtain these results, we make use of the theory of Rankin-Cohen brackets in the theory of harmonic Maass forms.
Posted August 21, 2022
Last modified September 28, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Paul Pollack, University of Georgia
Some problems on the value-distribution of arithmetic functions
We discuss two strands of questions about the value-distribution of arithmetic functions. In the first half, we consider distribution in arithmetic progressions. For instance, let $A(n)$ denote the sum of the primes dividing $n$ (with multiplicity). I will sketch a proof that the values of $A(n)$, sampled for $n \leq x$ (with $x \to \infty$), are equidistributed $\pmod{q}$ both for every fixed modulus $q$ (as was known already) and for $q$ that grow slowly with $x$. A result about distribution $\pmod{q}$ is really a result about `trailing digits' working in base $q$. The second half of the talk concerns leading digits. After recalling `Benford's Law' I will describe why the leading digits of the divisor function $d(n)$ tend to follow Benford's law but why the leading digits of the sum-of-divisors function $\sigma(n)$ do not. This is joint work with Fai Chandee and Xiannan Li (Kansas State) and Akash Singha Roy (UGA).
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified September 30, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Catherine Hsu, Swarthmore College
Explicit non-Gorenstein $R=T$ via rank bounds
In his seminal work on modular curves and the Eisenstein ideal, Mazur studied the existence of congruences between certain Eisenstein series and newforms, proving that Eisenstein ideals associated to weight $2$ cusp forms of prime level are locally principal. In this talk, we'll explore generalizations of Mazur's result to squarefree level, focusing on recent work, joint with P. Wake and C. Wang-Erickson, about a non-optimal level $N$ that is the product of two distinct primes and where the Galois deformation ring is not expected to be Gorenstein. First, we will outline a Galois-theoretic criterion for the deformation ring to be as small as possible, and when this criterion is satisfied, deduce an $R=T$ theorem. Then we'll discuss some of the techniques required to computationally verify the criterion.
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified October 15, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Kim Klinger-Logan, Kansas State University
An application of automorphic forms to string theory
Recently, physicists Green, Russo, and Vanhove have discovered solutions to differential equations involving automorphic forms appear as the coefficients to the 4-graviton scattering amplitude in type IIB string theory. We will discuss a particular form of equation that appears in this context and different approaches to the solution. Time permitting, we will also discuss a connection to a shifted convolution sum that appears in this context. This is joint work with Stephen D. Miller, Danylo Radchenko and Ksenia Fedosova.
Posted August 19, 2022
Last modified October 14, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Lawrence Washington, University of Maryland
Heuristics for anticyclotomic $\mathbb{Z}_p$-extensions
For an imaginary quadratic field, there are two natural $\mathbb{Z}_p$-extensions, the cyclotomic and the anticyclotomic. We'll start with a brief description of Iwasawa theory for the cyclotomic extensions, and then describe some computations for anticyclotomic $\mathbb{Z}_p$-extensions, especially the fields and their class numbers.
Posted October 15, 2022
Last modified October 31, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Emma Lien, Louisiana State University
Galois Representations and Weight One Eta-Quotients
A classical problem in number theory is to determine the primes $p$ for which a polynomial splits into linear factors modulo $p$. One is then naturally led to consider the Artin representations associated to the polynomial, i.e, the complex representations of the finite Galois group of its splitting field. Serre and Deligne showed that the representations associated to a weight one Hecke eigenforms are Artin representations. Thus, we wish to examine some easily computable examples of weight 1 Hecke eigenforms coming from eta-quotients with the goal of determining the explicit polynomials associated to them. For example, let $f(\tau)=\eta(6\tau)\eta(18\tau)$; then if $a_n$ denotes the $n$-th coefficient in the Fourier expansion of $f$ and $p>3$ is a prime, then $a_p = 2$ if and only if $x^3-2$ splits modulo $p$. In particular, the representations give us information about certain abelian extensions of imaginary quadratic extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$ and we can even express certain cases as a theta series associated to a quadratic form twisted by a grossencharacter.
Posted October 15, 2022
Last modified November 9, 2022
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1:40 pm – 2:30 pm Lockett 241 and Zoom
Abbey Bourdon, Wake Forest University
Sporadic Torsion on Elliptic Curves
An elliptic curve is a curve in projective space whose points can be given the structure of an abelian group. In this talk, we will focus on torsion points, which are points having finite order under this group law. While we can generally determine the torsion points of a fixed elliptic curve defined over a number field, there are several open problems which require controlling the existence of torsion points within infinite families of elliptic curves. Success stories include Merel's Uniform Boundedness Theorem, which states that the order of a torsion point can be bounded by the degree of its field of definition. On the other hand, a proof of Serre's Uniformity Conjecture---which has been open for 50 years---would in particular imply that for sufficiently large primes $p$, there do not exist points of order $p^2$ arising on elliptic curves defined over field extensions of ``unusually low degree." In this talk, I will give a brief introduction to the arithmetic of elliptic curves before addressing the problem of identifying elliptic curves producing a point of large order in usually low degree, i.e., those possessing a sporadic torsion point. More precisely, let $E$ be an elliptic curve defined over a field extension $F/\mathbb{Q}$ of degree $d$, and let $P$ be a point of order $N$ with coordinates in $F$. Such a point is called ``rational" since it is defined over the same field as $E$. We say $P$ is sporadic if, as one ranges over all fields $F/\mathbb{Q}$ of degree at most $d$ and all elliptic curves $E/F$, there are only finitely many elliptic curves which possess a rational point of order $N$. Sporadic pairs $(E,P)$ correspond to exceptional points on modular curves, which are points whose existence is not explained by standard geometric constructions.
Posted October 15, 2022
Last modified November 9, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Nicole Looper, University of Illinois at Chicago
Diophantine Techniques in Arithmetic Dynamics
This talk will explore some of the most important relationships between Diophantine geometry and arithmetic dynamics. Many questions in arithmetic dynamics are inspired by classical problems in arithmetic geometry, and many dynamical consequences follow from well-known Diophantine inputs such as the abc conjecture. Moreover, ideas drawn from dynamics are often useful in tackling number-theoretic questions. I will give an overview of these links, and then will discuss some concrete illustrative examples. I will also point out some areas of difficulty that appear key to future progress.
Posted November 9, 2022
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4:15 pm – 5:45 pm Lockett 232 and ZoomBARD 1 Lightning Talks
Short talks (up to 10 minutes) by Prerna Agarwal (LSU), Andrea Bourque (LSU), Pranabesh Das (Xavier University of Louisiana), Brian Grove (LSU), Emma Lien (LSU), Evangelos Nastas (State University of New York), Matthias Storzer (Max Planck Institute), and Kalani Thalagoda (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
Posted October 15, 2022
Last modified November 22, 2022
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 232 and Zoom
Louis Gaudet, Rutgers University
The least Euler prime via sieve
Euler primes are primes of the form $p = x^2+Dy^2$ with $D>0$. In analogy with Linnik’s theorem, we can ask if it is possible to show that $p(D)$, the least prime of this form, satisfies $p(D) \ll D^A$ for some constant $A>0$. Indeed Weiss showed this in 1983, but it wasn’t until 2016 that an explicit value for $A$ was determined by Thorner and Zaman, who showed one can take $A=694$. Their work follows the same outline as the traditional approach to proving Linnik’s theorem, relying on log-free zero-density estimates for Hecke L-functions and a quantitative Deuring-Heilbronn phenomenon. In an ongoing work (as part of my PhD thesis) we propose an alternative approach to the problem via sieve methods that (as far as results about zeros of the Hecke $L$-functions) only requires the classical zero-free region. We hope that such an approach may result in a better value for the exponent $A$.
Posted January 16, 2023
Last modified January 20, 2023
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6:00 pm – 6:50 pm Zoom
Xin Wan, Chinese Academy of Sciences
[NOTE UNUSUAL TIME] Iwasawa main conjecture for universal families
We formulate and prove the Iwasawa main conjecture for the universal family for ${\rm GL}_2/\mathbb{Q}$ in the $p$-adic Langlands program. As a consequence we prove the Iwasawa main conjecture and rank 0 BSD formula at bad primes. This is joint work with Olivier Fouquet.
Posted January 27, 2023
Last modified February 5, 2023
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 and Zoom
Jeffrey Lagarias, University of Michigan
The Floor Quotient Partial Order
We say that a positive integer $m$ is a floor quotient of $n$ if $m = [n/k]$ for some integer $k$, where $[\, \cdot \,]$ denotes the floor function. We show this relation between $m$ and $n$ defines a partial order on the positive integers. This partial order refines the multiplicative divisor order on the positive integers and is refined by the additive total order. We describe results on the internal structure of this partial order, especially on its initial intervals. We study the (two-variable) Möbius function of this partial order. This is joint work with David Harry Richman (see $\texttt{arXiv:2212.11689}$).
Posted January 16, 2023
Last modified February 24, 2023
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 and Zoom
Pranabesh Das, Xavier University of Louisiana
Perfect Powers in Power Sums
Let $k \geq 1$, $n \geq 2$ be integers. A power sum is a sum of the form $x_1^k+x_2^k+\cdots +x_n^k$ where $x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_n$ are all integers. Perfect powers appearing in power sums have been well studied in the literature and are an active field of research. In this talk, we consider the Diophantine equation of the form $$ (x+r)^k + (x+2r)^k + \cdots + (x+nr)^k = y^m \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (1) $$ where $x, y, r \in \mathbb{Z}$, $n, k \in \mathbb{N}$, and $m \geq 2$. We begin with discussing the literature on the Diophantine equation (1). Then we consider explicit solutions for a particular case of the Diophantine equation (1); more precisely, we consider the Diophantine equation $$ \ \ \ (x-r)^5 + x^5 + (x+r)^5 = y^n, \ \ \ \ n \geq 2, \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (2) $$ where $r, x, y \in \mathbb{Z}$ and $r$ is composed of certain fixed primes. The talk is based on a joint work with Dey, Koutsianas, and Tzanakis where we determine the integral solutions of the Diophantine equation (2) as an application of the modular method.
Posted January 27, 2023
Last modified March 5, 2023
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 and Zoom
Wijit Yangjit, University of Michigan
On the Montgomery–Vaughan weighted generalization of Hilbert's inequality
Hilbert's inequality states that $$ \left\vert\sum_{m=1}^N\sum_{\substack{n=1\\n\neq m}}^N\frac{z_m\overline{z_n}}{m-n}\right\vert\le C_0\sum_{n=1}^N\left\vert z_n\right\vert^2, $$ where $C_0$ is an absolute constant. In 1911, Schur showed that the optimal value of $C_0$ is $\pi$. In 1974, Montgomery and Vaughan proved a weighted generalization of Hilbert's inequality and used it to estimate mean values of Dirichlet series. This generalized Hilbert inequality is important in the theory of the large sieve. The optimal constant $C$ in this inequality is known to satisfy $\pi\le C \lt \pi+1$. It is widely conjectured that $C=\pi$. In this talk, I will describe the known approaches to obtain an upper bound for $C$, which proceed via a special case of a parametric family of inequalities. We analyze the optimal constants in this family of inequalities. A corollary is that the method in its current form cannot imply an upper bound for $C$ below $3.19$.
Posted January 16, 2023
Last modified March 27, 2023
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Zoom (click here)
Piper H, University of Toronto
Joint Shapes of Quartic Fields and Their Cubic Resolvents
In studying the (equi)distribution of shapes of quartic number fields, one relies heavily on Bhargava’s parametrizations which brings with it a notion of resolvent ring. Maximal rings have unique resolvent rings so it is possible to live a long and healthy life without understanding what they are. The authors have decided, however, to forsake such bliss and look into what ever are these rings and what happens if we consider their shapes along with our initial number fields. What happens is very nice! Until it isn't! We'd have more to say if our respective jobs had treated us humanely during the global pandemic, which coincidentally, is ongoing. (with Christelle Vincent)
Posted August 22, 2023
Last modified August 24, 2023
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3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Xingting Wang, Louisiana State University
What are automorphism groups and where to find them?
We will discuss the automorphism problem in number theory, algebraic geometry, Poisson geometry, and quantum algebras from both classical and quantum group perspectives. The focus will be on recent progress and open conjectures in specific topics.
Posted August 22, 2023
Last modified September 4, 2023
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Dermot McCarthy, Texas Tech University
The number of $\mathbb{F}_q$-points on diagonal hypersurfaces with monomial deformation
In this talk, we consider the problem of counting the number of solutions to equations over finite fields using character sums. We start with a review of standard techniques and discuss Weil's seminal 1949 paper, which gives an exposition on the topic up to that point by examining diagonal hypersurfaces. We then consider the family of diagonal hypersurfaces with monomial deformation $$D_{d, \lambda, h}: x_1^d + x_2^d \dots + x_n^d - d \lambda \, x_1^{h_1} x_2^{h_2} \dots x_n^{h_n}=0$$ where $d = h_1+h_2 +\dots + h_n$ with $\gcd(h_1, h_2, \dots h_n)=1$, which was studied by Koblitz over $\mathbb{F}_{q}$ in the case ${d \mid {q-1}}$. We outline recent results where we provide a formula for the number of $\mathbb{F}_{q}$-points on $D_{d, \lambda, h}$ in terms of Gauss and Jacobi sums, which generalizes Koblitz's result. We then express the number of $\mathbb{F}_{q}$-points on $D_{d, \lambda, h}$ in terms of a $p$-adic hypergeometric function previously defined by the speaker. The parameters in this hypergeometric function mirror exactly those described by Koblitz when drawing an analogy between his result and classical hypergeometric functions.
Posted September 24, 2023
Last modified September 29, 2023
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Cheng Chen, University of Minnesota
Progresses on the local Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture
The local Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture speculates the generalization of branching problems for classical groups over local fields using classification in the Langlands problem. It has global applications related to automorphic forms and arithmetic. Works of Waldspurger, Moeglin, Beuzart-Plessis, Gan, Ichino, and Atobe completed the conjecture over non-archimedean local fields. Based on the local trace formula results in the work of Beuzart-Plessis and Luo, I will introduce an approach for the conjecture over archimedean local fields, including joint work with Luo and joint work with Chen and Zou.
Posted September 24, 2023
Last modified October 5, 2023
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Tewodros Amdeberhan, Tulane University
Generalized divisor sums and integer partitions
Our story and motivation go back to MacMahon, in which divisor sums are generalized and connections were made to partitions. We extend the argument for a variation of this development where we link our multi-variable $q$-series to alternative formulation, including multiple $q$-zeta values, quasi-modular forms. This is joint work with George Andrews and Roberto Tauraso.
Posted September 4, 2023
Last modified October 15, 2023
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2:30 pm – 3:20 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Tong Liu, Purdue University
Prismatic crystals and $p$-adic Galois representations
$p$-adic Galois representations are an important object and a very power tool in number theory. In this talk, I will explain how to use prismatic theory, recently developed by Bhatt and Scholze, to understand $p$-adic Galois representations. In particular, I will explain how to use prismatic crystal to understand crystalline and semi-stable $p$-adic local systems.
Posted August 22, 2023
Last modified September 24, 2023
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Kalani Thalagoda, Tulane University
Bianchi Modular Forms over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-17})$
Bianchi modular form are a generalization of classical modular forms defined over imaginary quadratic fields. A theory of modular symbols exists for computing Bianchi modular forms as Hecke eigensystems. However, when the class group of the imaginary quadratic field is nontrivial, modular symbol techniques only compute the principal part of the eigensystem. In this talk, I will explain how to extract a Hecke eigensystem for $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-17})$, which has a class group of order $4$.
Posted September 24, 2023
Last modified November 5, 2023
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Hui Xue, Clemson University
Coefficients of Hecke polynomials
Hecke operators play an important role in the theory of modular forms. Information about Hecke operators can be obtained through the study of their characteristic polynomials, the so-called Hecke polynomials. In this talk, I will discuss results on the nonvanishing and non-repetition properties of certain coefficients of Hecke polynomials.
Posted September 4, 2023
Last modified November 10, 2023
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Jason Gaddis, Miami University
Ozone groups of noncommutative algebras
The ozone group of a noncommutative algebra is defined as the group of algebra automorphisms which fix every element of its center. This functions like a kind of Galois group for the algebra. In this talk, I will discuss the ozone group in the context of PI Artin–Schelter regular algebras and its applications to characterizing skew polynomial rings and their centers.
Posted September 24, 2023
Last modified November 26, 2023
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2:30 pm – 3:20 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom(Originally scheduled for 3:20 pm)
Hongdi Huang, Rice University
Twisting Manin's universal quantum groups and comodule algebras
Symmetry is an important concept that appears in mathematics and theoretical physics. While classical symmetries arise from group actions on polynomial rings, quantum symmetries are introduced to understand certain quantum objects (e.g., quantum groups) which appear in the theory of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. In this talk, we will define Manin's universal quantum groups and its 2-cocycle twist. Moreover, we will talk about the invariants under the tensor equivalence of quantum symmetries.
Posted November 13, 2023
Last modified January 21, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Rena Chu, Duke University
Generalizations of the Schrödinger maximal operator: building arithmetic counterexamples
In 2016 Bourgain applied Gauss sums to construct a counterexample related to a decades-old question in PDEs. The story started in 1980 when Carleson asked about how "smooth" an initial data function must be to imply pointwise convergence for the solution of the linear Schrödinger equation. After progress by many authors, this was resolved by Bourgain, whose counterexample construction proved a necessary condition on the regularity, and Du and Zhang, who proved a sufficient condition. Bourgain's methods were number-theoretic, and this raised a natural question: could number-theoretic properties of other exponential sums have implications for other dispersive PDEs? We develop a flexible new method to construct counterexamples for analogues of Carleson's question. In particular, this applies the Weil bound for exponential sums, a consequence of the truth of the Riemann Hypothesis over finite fields.
Posted November 13, 2023
Last modified January 21, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Zhongkai Mi, Louisiana State University
The Lowest Discriminant Ideals of Cayley-Hamilton Hopf Algebras
Discriminant ideals for an algebra $A$ module finite over a central subring $C$ are indexed by positive integers. We study the lowest of them with nonempty zero set in Cayley Hamilton Hopf algebras whose identity fibers are basic algebras. Key results are obtained by considering actions of characters in the identity fiber on irreducible modules over maximal ideals of $C$ and actions of winding automorphisms. We apply these results to examples in group algebras of central extensions of abelian groups, big quantum Borel subalgebras at roots of unity and quantum coordinate rings at roots of unity. This is joint work with Quanshui Wu and Milen Yakimov.
Posted November 13, 2023
Last modified February 2, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Rajat Gupta, University of Texas at Tyler
On summation formulas attached to Hecke's functional equation and $p$-Herglotz functions
In this talk, we will review the work of Chandrasekharan and Narasimhan on the theory of Hecke’s functional equation (with one gamma factor) and the summation formulas of various kinds, such as the Voronoi summation formula, the Poisson summation formula, and the Abel-Plana summation formula. We will then give recent developments in this theory followed by some new results and summation formulas in the setting of Hecke’s functional equation analogous to the ones mentioned above. In particular, I will discuss these summation formulas in the case of cusp corms of weight $2k$ attached to the modular group ${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$. Finally, I will also talk about on my recent work with Rahul Kumar on Herglotz functions and their analogues.
Posted February 5, 2024
Last modified February 14, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Hasan Saad, University of Virginia
Distributions of points on hypergeometric varieties
In the 1960's, Birch proved that the traces of Frobenius for elliptic curves taken at random over a large finite field is modeled by the semicircular distribution (i.e., $SU(2),$ the usual Sato-Tate for non-CM elliptic curves). In this talk, we show how the theory of harmonic Maass forms and modular forms allow us to determine the limiting distribution of normalized traces of Frobenius over families of varieties. For Legendre elliptic curves, the limiting distribution is $SU(2),$ whereas for a certain family of $K3$ surfaces, the limiting distribution is $O(3).$ Since the $O(3)$ distribution has vertical asymptotes, we show how to obtain an explicit result by bounding the error. Additionally, we show how to count "matrix" points on these varieties and therefore determine the limiting distributions for these "matrix points."
Posted November 14, 2023
Last modified February 27, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Eleanor McSpirit, University of Virginia
Infinite Families of Quantum Modular 3-Manifold Invariants
In 1999, Lawrence and Zagier established a connection between modular forms and the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants of 3-manifolds by constructing q-series whose radial limits at roots of unity recover these invariants for particular manifolds. These q-series gave rise to some of the first examples of quantum modular forms. Using a 3-manifold invariant recently developed Akhmechet, Johnson, and Krushkal, one can obtain infinite families of quantum modular invariants which realize the series of Lawrence and Zagier as a special case. This talk is based on joint work with Louisa Liles.
Posted November 13, 2023
Last modified March 3, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Edmund Yik-Man Chiang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Discrete special functions: a D-modulus approach to special functions
We show that there is a holonomic D-modules (PDEs) approach to classical special functions, as such both the classical special functions and their difference analogues, some have only been found recently, can be efficiently computed by Weyl-algebraic framework. According to Truesdell, rudiments of algebraic approaches to special functions were already observed by some nineteenth century mathematicians. This algebraic method does not use well-known Lie algebra theory explicity apart from basic knowledge of solving linear PDEs. We illustrate our method with Bessel functions in this talk. We shall also explain the connection with this D-modules approach with recent advances in Nevanlinna theories for difference operators, which have its roots from discrete Painleve equations.
Posted November 14, 2023
Last modified March 26, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Micah Milinovich, University of Mississippi
Biases in the gaps between zeros of Dirichlet L-functions
We describe a family of Dirichlet L-functions that provably have unusual value distribution and experimentally have a significant and previously undetected bias in the distribution of gaps between their zeros. This has an arithmetic explanation that corresponds to the nonvanishing of a certain Gauss-type sum. We give a complete classification of the characters for when these sums are nonzero and count the number of corresponding characters. It turns out that this Gauss-type sum vanishes for 100% of primitive Dirichlet characters, so L-functions in our newly discovered family are rare (zero density set amongst primitive characters). If time allows, I will also describe some newly discovered experimental results concerning a "Chebyshev-type" bias in the gaps between the zeros of the Riemann zeta-function. This is joint work with Jonathan Bober (Bristol) and Zhenchao Ge (Waterloo).
Posted September 24, 2023
Last modified March 3, 2024
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3:20 pm – 4:10 pm Lockett 233 or click here to attend on Zoom
Ana Bălibanu, Louisiana State University
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