SMS scnews item created by James East at Thu 16 Apr 2009 1310
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Expiry: 17 Apr 2009
Calendar1: 17 Apr 2009 1205-1255
CalLoc1: Carslaw 375
Auth: jamese@pisa.maths.usyd.edu.au

Algebra Seminar

Superpotential algebras

Szendröi

I will describe a construction of some non-commutative algebras of geometric significance arising in recent work in supersymmetric gauge theory, defined by relations on a free quiver algebra coming from a single cyclic element called the superpotential. These algebras often have pleasant homological properties, and have connections to toric geometry and the 3-dimensional McKay correspondence (among many other things).

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After the seminar we will be taking the speaker to lunch at the Grandstand Bar.