Algebraic Structures in Perturbative Quantum Field Theory: a conference in honour of Dirk Kreimer's 60th birthday

Collection Algebraic Structures in Perturbative Quantum Field Theory: a conference in honour of Dirk Kreimer's 60th birthday

Organizer(s) Erik PANZER (University of Oxford) & Karen YEATS (University of Waterloo)
Date(s) 16/11/2020 - 20/11/2020
linked URL https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/4834/
00:00:00 / 00:00:00
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Spaces of Graphs, Tori and Other Flat Gamma-complexes

By Karen Vogtmann

Spaces of finite graphs play a key role in perturbative quantum field theory, but also in many other areas of science and mathematics. Among these is geometric group theory, where they are used to model groups of automorphism of free groups. Graphs can be thought of as 1-dimensional flat metric spaces.In higher dimensions, spaces of flat n-dimensional tori model automorphism groups of free abelian groups. There are very interesting groups which interpolate between free groups and free abelian groups, called right-angled Artin groups. I will describe a space of "Gamma-complexes", which are a hybrid of tori and graphs, and which model automorphism groups of right-angled Artin groups, by recent joint work with Bregman and Charney.

Information about the video

  • Date of recording 18/11/2020
  • Date of publication 29/11/2020
  • Institution IHES
  • Language English
  • Audience Researchers
  • Format MP4

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