Quantization, index theory, and Hamiltonian loop-group spaces
Speaker:
Yiannis Loizides, University of Toronto
Date and Time:
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 11:10am to 12:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 210
Abstract:
The first part of the talk will be an introduction to the index/K-theory approach to quantization. Then, depending on time, I will introduce Hamiltonian loop-group spaces (which have a close connection to moduli spaces of flat connections on Riemann surfaces), and describe some work in progress with E. Meinrenken and Y. Song, in which we study a 'quantization' of these spaces using a technique called norm-square localization.