Mathematical Sciences Research Institute - New Developments in the Geometry and Physics of Gromov-Witten Theory

Schedule of the Lectures

For more information on the worskshop, go to http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shi/topological_structures/Gromov_Witten.htm

Mirror duality has demonstrated the striking effectiveness of concepts of modern physics in enumerative geometry. Meanwhile the studies of topological gauge and string theories have revealed another type of dualit, relating nonperturpbative large N results in gauge theory to the full genus expansion of topological string theory with non-trivial target spaces. More recently, many authors have generalized these dualities to calculate open and closed Gromov-Witten invariants on general non-compact toric varieties and have found an important structure in these calcualtions: the so-called topological vertex.

Further progress in this area requires a deeper understanding of the integrable structure which underlies these relations. This workshop will bring together the central researchers in all of these areas and concentrate its efforts in deepening the connections among the various directions.

A detailed description of the aims of this workshop is available in pdf format.

Currently Available Videos

Rahul Pandharipande , How Strong Are Our Tools in Gromov-Witten Theory May 22,2006, 09:20 AM to 10:30 AM
Albrecht Klemm , Quasi-modular forms and Gromov-Witten Theory May 22,2006, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Jim Bryan , Gromov-Witten Invariants of Orbifolds and Their Crepant Resolutions May 22,2006, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Aleksey Zinger , Reduced Genus-One Gromov-Witten Invariants and Applications May 22,2006, 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Mina Aganagic , Topological Strings and (Almost) Modular Forms May 22,2006, 04:30 PM to 05:30 PM
Anton Kapustin , The half-twisted sigma-model and sheaves of chiral algebras May 23,2006, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Tyler Jarvis , Mirror Symmetry and New "Quantum" Invariants for Quasi-homogeneous Singularities May 23,2006, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Alexandre Givental , On Quantum Cohomology of Abelian Quotients May 23,2006, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Mark Gross , From affine manifolds to complex manifolds: instanton corrections from tropical disks May 23,2006, 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Eric Zaslow , Constructible Sheaves and the Fukaya Category May 23,2006, 04:30 PM to 05:30 PM
Chiu-Chu Liu , A Mathematical Theory of The Topological Vertex May 24,2006, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Sergei Gukov , Topological Reduction of Donaldson-Thomas Theory May 24,2006, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Dusa McDuff , Some Tpological Properties of Symplectomorphism Groups May 24,2006, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Yuan-Pin Lee , Invariance of Quantum Cohomology under a Simple Flop May 24,2006, 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Rajesh Gopakumar , Strebel Differentials and String Theory May 24,2006, 04:30 PM to 05:30 PM
Tian-Jun Li , Uniruled Symplectic Manifolds May 25,2006, 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Jun Li , A Remark to Gromov-Witten Invariant May 25,2006, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Kevin Costello , Topological Conformal Field Theories and Calabi-Yau Categories May 25,2006, 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Marcos Marino Beiras , Phase Transition in topological String Theory May 25,2006, 04:30 PM to 05:30 PM
Chris Beasley , Non-Abelian Localization For Chern-Simons Theory May 26,2006, 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Renzo Cavalieri , Hurwitz Numbers and Admissible Covers May 26,2006, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Yakov Eliashberg , Algebraic Structures of Symplectic Field Theory May 26,2006, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

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