Holomorphic Twistor Spaces and Bihermitian Geometry

Speaker: 

Steve Gindi

Institution: 

UC Riverside

Time: 

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 4:00pm

Location: 

RH 306

Ever since the 1970's, holomorphic twistor spaces have been used to study the geometry and analysis of their base manifolds. In this talk, we will introduce integrable complex structures on twistor spaces fibered over complex manifolds that are equipped with certain geometrical data. The importance of these spaces will be shown to lie, for instance, in their applications to bihermitian geometry, also known as generalized Kahler geometry. (This is part of the generalized geometry program initiated by Nigel Hitchin.) By analyzing their twistor spaces, we will develop a new approach to studying bihermitian manifolds. In fact, we will demonstrate that the twistor space of a bihermitian manifold is equipped with two complex structures and natural holomorphic sections as well. This will allow us to construct tools from the twistor space that will lead, in particular, to new insights into the real and holomorphic Poisson structures on the manifold. 

Three types of quantization

Speaker: 

Vladimir Baranovsky

Institution: 

UC Irvine

Time: 

Friday, February 10, 2017 - 4:00pm

Location: 

MSTB 124

I will discuss three different contexts in which commutative
rings of functions and modules over them are replaced by their
non-commutative versions. One is the ring of differential operators, where
the modules correspond to systems of differential equations. The second
setting is geometric quantization which provides a baby version of the
Hilbert space in quantum mechanics. The third setting is deformation
quantization in symplectic geometry. I will explain a relation between these
three versions, although the reasons behind the relations are not quite well
understood.

Christopher Lopez awarded NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships

Congratulations to Christopher Lopez who has been awarded an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships.

The Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship is to "support future leaders in mathematics and statistics by facilitating their participation in postdoctoral research environments that will have maximal impact on their future scientific development."

Professor Alice Silverberg organizing session on Cybersecurity: Mathematics and Policy

Professor Alice Silverberg will be organizing and moderating a 90-minute session on Cybersecurity: Mathematics and Policy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston. The session will be held on Sunday, February 19th from 1:00-2:30pm. For more information about this session, please visit the AAAS conference website: https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session15084.html

Organizational Meeting for the Mathematics of Cryptography reading seminar

Speaker: 

Shahed Sharif and Alice Silverberg

Institution: 

UCI

Time: 

Monday, January 30, 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Host: 

Location: 

RH 340N

This is an Organizational Meeting for the Mathematics of Cryptography reading/learning seminar. We will read and report on some cryptography articles for which mathematics might be helpful in making further progress, and we will explore the associated mathematics, as necessary.

If you have suggested topics, or suggested papers for the group to read, please send an email with your suggestions to asilverb@uci.edu in advance of the meeting. Thanks!

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