Hamiltonian Group Actions and Quantization
Description
This workshop is part of the Symplectic Topology, Geometry and Gauge Theory program hosted by the Fields Institute from January to June 2001. All are welcome to register and attend.
Topics include:
- Geometric quantization and the Guillemin-Sternberg conjecture
- Generalized moment map theories
- Symplectic cobordisms
- Relation with geometric invariant theory
- Cohomology rings of symplectic quotients
- Flat connections on Riemann surfaces
Schedule
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Registration and Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
C. Woodward, Rutgers University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
P. Xu, Pennsylvania State University |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
S. Singer, Haverford College |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
M. Braverman, Northeastern University |
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
M. Kogan, Northeastern University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
M. Abreu, Fields Institute, Superior Tecnico |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
J. Harnad, Concordia University |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
S. Wu, University of Adelaide and University of Colorado |
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
S. Evens, University of Notre Dame |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Y. Karshon, Hebrew University |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
V. Guillemin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
C. Zara, Yale University |
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
R-matrices and surfaces
J. Hurtubise, McGill University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
E. Markman, University of Massachusetts |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
Surjectivity for Hamiltonian Loop Group Spaces. Part I
S. Tolman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Surjectivity for Hamiltonian Loop Group Spaces. Part II
J. Weitsman, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 17:15 to 19:30 |
Cocktail reception
|
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
Poisson Lie groups and the Thompson conjecture
A. Alekseev, Uppsala University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
B. Kostant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
R. Donagi, University of Pennsylvania |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Equivariant quantization of coadjoint orbits
R. Brylinski, Pennsylvania State University |
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
A. Hwang, College of the Holy Cross |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Quaternionic flag manifolds
P. Foth, University of Arizona |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
A. Szenes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
G. Landweber, MSRI/University of Oregon |
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
Contact toric manifolds
E. Lerman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
Some remarks on quaternionic symplectic geometry
R. Sjamaar, Cornell University |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
Y-H. Kiem, Stanford University |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
T. Holm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
D. Metzler, University of Florida |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 12:00 |
J. Millson, University of Maryland |
| 12:00 to 14:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30 to 15:30 |
L. Godinho, Instituto Superior Tecnico |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 09:00 to 09:30 |
Breakfast
|
| 09:30 to 10:30 |
S. Racaniere, IRMA de Strasbourg |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00 to 12:00 |
A. Knutson, University of California, Berkeley |
