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DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | February 13, 2015 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | February 13, 2015 |
| Award Number: | 1507869 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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James Matthew Douglass
mdouglas@nsf.gov (703)292-2467 DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Start Date: | April 1, 2015 |
| End Date: | March 31, 2016 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $40,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $40,000.00 |
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| NSF Program(s): | ALGEBRA,NUMBER THEORY,AND COM |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049 |
ABSTRACT
The conference "Representation theory and geometry of symplectic resolutions" will be held May 18-21 at Northeastern University, Boston MA. Symplectic resolutions are remarkable geometric objects that are of increasing interest in representation theory, a branch of algebra concerned with studying symmetries. The conference speakers are experts who have made fundamental contributions to the theory of symplectic resolutions. The conference will attract mathematicians from underrepresented groups as well as graduate students and young researchers who will greatly benefit from the wide spectrum of topics to be presented at the conference.
The aim of the conference is to present current developments on various aspects of algebraic and symplectic geometry of symplectic resolutions, and of related aspects in representation theory. Topics to be discussed include the enumerative geometry of symplectic resolutions, the structure of derived categories of sympectic resolutions and their equivalences, and the structure and representation theory of quantizations of symplectic resolutions, as well as related questions in geometric and categorical representation theory.
For more information see the conference web-site: http://math.mit.edu/conferences/symplectic-resolutions/index.php
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The conference "Representation theory and Geometry of symplectic resolutions" was a major gathering of leading mathematicians and young scholars working in Representation theory and Algebraic geometry. The conference took place at Northeastern University, Boston, on May 18-21, 2015.Speakers were leading experts both from the USA and abroad who specialize in Representation theory and Algebraic geometry. Their talks covered important recent developments and techniques in these subjects. The conference was a major event, it had more than one hundred participants.
The intellectual merit of the conference was talks by invited speakers on a broad range of topics that included structural results about symplectic resolutions, their enumerative geometry and its connections to the representation theory of quantum groups and related objects, the representation theory of quantizations of symplectic resolutions, actions of Kac-Moody algebras and braid groups on categories, representation theoretic aspects of Gauge theory, various aspects of geometric Langlands program. The conference allowed to better understand connections between these important subjects.
The broader impact of the conference was a participation of many young mathematicians and mathematicians from underrepresented groups some of whom were invited speakers. The conference was attended by participants from six different countries. The grant supported a participation of more than 26 graduate students and 17 postdocs. The conference was an important contribution to their professional development. 12 of the supported conference participants were female.
Last Modified: 04/16/2016
Modified by: Ivan Loseu
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