Topology and Geometry Seminar

Location: Live Stream

Speaker: Matt Alexander, University of Regina

Title: Deformation Quantization of Poisson Manifolds

Zoom Link:  https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/97896109097?pwd=RkI2UkZsMlYyZTBzejhEY1R4RCt4Zz09

Abstract:  

Before the winter break we saw a number of key structures of deformation theory: differential graded Lie algebras, the Maurer-Cartan equation and its gauge group, and L-infinity algebras. In this talk, we will see how such structures arise in the deformation theory of Poisson manifolds. We will motivate this theory from the perspective of physics and will see how it relates to the transition between the classical and quantum regimes.