PIMS Distinguished Chair Lecture Series: The Language of Forms

Topic


A journey from the Mobius strip, though affine Kac-Moody and superconformal algebras, to children's drawings.

 


Abstract: One of the most recurrent themes in both Physics and Mathematics, is the study and construction of objects that locally look the same. I will explain, mainly via examples and in non-technical terms, how the concept of "locally look the same" has evolved through time (mostly through some beautiful ideas of Serre and of Grothendieck).

 

Speakers

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Arturo Pianzola
University of Alberta

Additional Information

More Information: http://www.uregina.ca/science/mathstat/lectures.html

 


Arturo Pianzola, University of Alberta

 


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Event Type
Scientific, Distinguished Lecture
Date
October 30, 2009
Time
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Location
University of Regina