CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture: Peng Shan, Tsinghua University
CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am ET
Location: online via Zoom Webinar
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Speaker: Peng Shan, Tsinghua University
Title: Bridging affine vertex algebras and affine Springer fibres
Abstract: In this talk, I would like to explain a program which aims to build relationships between affine Springer theory and representations of simple affine vertex algebras. We will discuss some explicit correspondences for admissible levels, and formulate some new conjectures about representations of simple affine vertex algebras at nonadmissible levels and their associated varieties. This is based on joint work with Dan Xie, Wenbin Yan and Qixian Zhao.
Organizers: Dan Freed, Harvard Math & CMSA and Shing-Tung Yau, Tsinghua University
Beginning in Spring 2020, the CMSA began hosting a lecture series on literature in the mathematical sciences, with a focus on significant developments in mathematics that have influenced the discipline, and the lifetime accomplishments of significant scholars.