Thu, 25 May 2017
11:00
C5

Zeta Functions and Definable Sets

Jamshid Derakhshan
(Oxford)
Abstract

I will talk about a result on meromorphic continuation of Euler products over primes p of definable p-adic or motivic integrals, and applications to zeta functions of groups. If time permitting, I'll state an analogue for counting rational points of bounded height in some adelic homogeneous spac

Mon, 05 Jun 2017
12:45
L3

Effects of higher curvature terms on dual thermal QFTs out of equilibrium

Andrei Starinets
(Oxford)
Abstract

Transport properties of liquids and gases in the regime of weak coupling (or effective weak coupling) are determined by the solutions of relevant kinetic equations for particles or quasiparticles, with transport coefficients being proportional to the minimal eigenvalue of the linearized kinetic operator. At strong coupling, the same physical quantities can sometimes be determined from dual gravity, where quasinormal spectra enter as the eigenvalues of the linearized Einstein's equations. We discuss the problem of interpolating between the two regimes using results from higher derivative gravity.

 
Fri, 02 Jun 2017

14:30 - 16:00
L5

Symmetries and Correspondences mini-workshop: Linking numbers and arithmetic duality

Minhyong Kim
(Oxford)
Abstract

Over the last few decades, a number of authors have discussed the analogy between linking numbers in three manifold topology and symbols in arithmetic. This talk will outline some results that make this precise in terms of natural complexes associated to arithmetic duality theorems. In particular, we will describe a ‘finite path integral’ formula for power residue symbols.

Thu, 04 May 2017
11:00
C5

On fields with the absolute Galois group of Q

Jochen Koenigsmann
(Oxford)
Abstract

.. showing that a field K is isomorphic to Q if it has the same absolute Galois group and if it satisfies a very small additional condition (very similar to my talk 2 years ago).

Thu, 27 Apr 2017
11:00
C5

On cohomology of function fields

Adam Topaz
(Oxford)
Abstract


 This talk will discuss the so-called ``generic cohomology’’ of function fields over algebraically closed fields, from the point of view of motives and/or Zariski geometry. In particular, I will describe some interesting connections between cup products, algebraic dependence, and (geometric) valuation theory. As an application, I will mention a new result which reconstructs higher-dimensional function fields from their generic cohomology, endowed with some additional motivic data. 

   Everyone welcome!
 

Tue, 02 May 2017

15:45 - 16:45
L4

Gopakumar-Vafa type invariants for Calabi-Yau 4-folds

Yalong Cao
(Oxford)
Abstract
As an analogy of Gopakumar-Vafa conjecture for CY 3-folds, Klemm-Pandharipande proposed GV type invariants on CY 4-folds using GW theory and conjectured their integrality. In this talk, we propose a sheaf theoretical interpretation to these invariants using Donaldson-Thomas theory on CY 4-folds. This is a joint work with Davesh Maulik and Yukinobu Toda.
Mon, 15 May 2017
12:45
L3

Infinitesimal moduli of heterotic G_2 systems

Xenia de la Ossa
(Oxford)
Abstract

A heterotic $G_2$ system is a quadruple $([Y,\varphi], [V, A], [TY,\theta], H)$ where $Y$ is a seven dimensional manifold with an integrable <br /> $G_2$ structure $\varphi$, $V$ is a bundle on $Y$ with an instanton connection $A$, $TY$ is the tangent bundle with an instanton connection $\theta$ and $H$ is a three form on $Y$ determined uniquely by the $G_2$ structure on $Y$. Further, H  is constrained so that it satisfies a condition that involves the Chern-Simons forms of $A$ and $\theta$, thus mixing the geometry of $Y$ with that of the bundles (this is the so called anomaly cancelation condition).  In this talk I will describe the tangent space of the moduli space of these systems. We first prove that a heterotic system is equivalent to an exterior covariant derivative $\cal D$ on the bundle ${\cal Q} = T^*Y\oplus {\rm End}(V)\oplus {\rm End}(TY)$ which satisfies $\check{\cal D}^2 = 0$ for some appropriately defined projection of the operator $\cal D$.  Remarkably, this equivalence implies the (Bianchi identity of) the anomaly cancelation condition. We show that the infinitesimal moduli space is given by the cohomology group $H^1_{\check{\cal D}}(Y, {\cal Q})$ and therefore it is finite dimensional.   Our analysis leads to results that are of relevance to all orders in $\alpha’$.  Time permitting, I will comment on work in progress about the finite deformations of heterotic $G_2$ systems and the relation to differential graded Lie algebras.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mon, 08 May 2017

15:45 - 16:45
L6

2-Segal spaces and higher categorical bialgebras

Mark Penney
(Oxford)
Abstract


An efficient way to descibe binary operations which are associative only up to coherent homotopy is via simplicial spaces. 2-Segal spaces were introduced independently by Dyckerhoff--Kapranov and G\'alvez-Carrillo--Kock--Tonks to encode spaces carrying multivalued, coherently associative products. For example, the Waldhausen S-construction of an abelian category is a 2-Segal space. It describes a multivalued product on the space of objects given in terms of short exact sequences. 
The main motivation to study spaces carrying multivalued products is that they can be linearised, producing algebras in the usual sense of the word. For the preceding example, the linearisation yields the Hall algebra of the abelian category. One can also extract tensor categories using a categorical linearisation procedure.
In this talk I will discuss double 2-Segal spaces, that is, bisimplicial spaces which satisfy the 2-Segal condition in each variable. Such bisimplicial spaces give rise to multivalued bialgebras. The second iteration of the Waldhausen S-construction is a double 2-Segal space whose linearisation is the bialgebra structure given by Green's Theorem. The categorial linearisation produces categorifications of Zelevinsky's positive, self-adjoint Hopf algebras.
 

Thu, 27 Apr 2017
16:00
L2

Automorphic Galois Representations attached to Inner Forms of $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}$

Benjamin Green
(Oxford)
Abstract

In this talk, I will give a brief overview of the Langlands program and Langlands functoriality with reference to the examples of Galois representations attached to cusp forms and the Jacquet-Langlands correspondence for $\mathrm{GL}_2$. I will then explain how one can generalise this idea, sketching a proof of a Jacquet-Langlands type correspondence from $\mathrm{U}_n(B)$, where $B$ is a quaternion algebra, to $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}$ and showing that one can attach Galois representations to regular algebraic cuspidal automorphic representations of $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}$.
 

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