Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar

Speakers: Anadil Saeed Rao (Northeastern) and Vasily Krylov (CMSA/Harvard)

Title: Algebraic approach to the bow construction

Abstract: Anadil will finish his part of the talk. Vasily will then explain how to understand moduli spaces of instantons on R^4, monopoles on R^3, and instantons on Taub-NUT spaces algebraically as so-called bow varieties. We will see how affine type A Nakajima quiver varieties and Slodowy slices arise as special cases of bow varieties. Time permitting, we will also discuss applications to 3D mirror symmetry and Coulomb branches.