Fission varieties

Mon, 28/11/2011
14:15
Philip Boalch (ENS Paris) Geometry and Analysis Seminar Add to calendar L3
I'll recall the quasi-Hamiltonian approach to moduli spaces of flat connections on Riemann surfaces, as a nice finite dimensional algebraic version of operations with loop groups such as fusion. Recently, whilst extending this approach to meromorphic connections, a new operation arose, which we will call "fission". As will be explained, this operation enables the construction of many new algebraic symplectic manifolds, going beyond those we were trying to construct.