Rokhlin, quantum groups, and BPS states

Sergei Gukov (Cal Tech)

16-Nov-2020, 20:00-21:00 (3 years ago)

Abstract: What do ADO polynomials, cobordism invariants, and affine Grassmannians have in common? We will discuss how these seemingly different objects can be put under one roof of a BPS q-series that, on the one hand, can be thought of as a 3d analogue of the Vafa-Witten partition function and, on the other hand, is associated to quantum groups at generic q where Verma modules with arbitrary complex weights play an important role.

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Audience: researchers in the discipline


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