Quantum toroidal gl_1 and its applications

Seminar: 
Geometry, Symmetry and Physics
Event time: 
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: 
214LOM
Speaker: 
Andrei Negut
Speaker affiliation: 
Columbia University
Event description: 

In this talk, we will discuss a remarkable quantum algebra, which is generally thought of as a model for the affinization of the q-Heisenberg algebra. We will discuss numerous applications of this algebra to the theory of vertex operators, the geometry of moduli spaces, knot invariants and combinatorics.