Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Math 295 - Mathematics Colloquium
Nitu Kitchloo
Johns Hopkins University
Symmetries of Symplectic category and a conjecture of Kontsevich
Abstract:
Motivated by perturbative computations of Feynman integrals, Kontsevich has conjectured that a certain group known as the Grothendieck-Teichmuller group acts on the moduli space of Field theories. Moreover he has explicitly described this action in certain examples. We first describe a stable context for this question, which can be interpreted as inverting free Bosonic field theories. We then show that a quotient of the GT group acts on the stable object in agreement with computations made by Kontsevich. We will try to make this talk as self contained as possible.
Hosts: Cristian Popescu and Justin Roberts
March 19, 2015
4:00 PM
AP&M 6402
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