Exact WKB and variation of BPS structures, WiSe 2019/2020

Organizers: Murad Alim, Florian Beck,

Dates (first seminar on October 8th 2019):

Description:

The topic of the research seminar for string mathematics for the winter term 2019 is "Exact WKB and variation of BPS structures". It is open to anyone interested in research questions around this topic. It will consist of several talks given by the participants of the seminar following some suggested literature as well as a number of research talks given by external invited speakers.

Content and literature: here

Sessions this term:

Date
Speaker
Topic
Room
08.10.2019
Walter Gaviria (IMPA Brazil)
Gauss-Manin Connection in Disguise for K3 surfaces
Geo H3
15.10.2019
Martin Vogrin
Introduction to differential equations and Hamiltonian systems
Geo 430
22.10.2019
Vadym Kurylenko
Isomondromy deformation and Painleve I
Geo 430
29.10.2019
Vadym Kurylenko
Isomondromy deformation and Painleve II
Geo 430
05.11.2019
Vadym Kurylenko
Isomondromy deformation and Painleve III
Geo 430
12.11.2019
Marc Hildebrandt
Introduction to exact WKB
Geo 430
19.11.2019
Marc Hildebrandt and Eren Kovanlikaya
Introduction to exact WKB II
Geo 430
26.11.2019
Workshop
BPS states, topological recursion, exact WKB and abelianisation
Campus Bahrenfeld
10.12.2019
Eren Kovanlikaya
Introduction to exact WKB III
Geo 430
17.12.2019
Murad Alim
BPS quivers and triangulations of Riemann surfaces
Geo 430
07.01.2020
Florian Beck
BPS structures and Riemann-Hilbert problems
Geo 430
14.01.2020
Florian Beck
BPS structures and Riemann-Hilbert problems
Geo 430
21.01.2020
tbd
tbd
Geo 430
28.01.2020
Markus Roeser
tbd
Geo 430