ATLAS: Algebraic thoughts looking at space
A symposium in honor of Michel Van den Bergh on the occassion of his official retirement.
Celebrating a remarkable mathematical journey and the many explorations it continues to inspire.
Speakers
- Pieter Belmans (Utrecht University)
- Tom Bridgeland (University of Sheffield)
- Bernhard Keller (Université Paris Cité)
- Maxim Kontsevich * (IHES)
- Anya Nordskova (Kavli IPMU)
* online
Participants
Please register here.
Schedule
Tuesday, September 29th
- 9:00–10:00
- Report on Kong-Liu-Shen's disproof of Han's conjecture (Bernhard Keller)
- 10:30–11:30
- Noncommutative cubic 4-folds (Pieter Belmans)
- 11:30–12:30
- Elliptic curves, boomerangs and del Pezzo surfaces (Tom Bridgeland)
- 14:30–15:30
- Some examples of disconnectedness (Anya Nordskova)
- 16:00–17:00
- A categorical origin of symplectic geometry: the case of tori (Maxim Kontsevich)
- 17:00–17:30
- historical overview
- 17:30–20:00
- reception
Practical
The event will be held on the Campus de la Plaine at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
With the exception of the final one, the lectures will take place in the Salle Solvay on the 5th floor of the building NO. The last lecture will be held in room I.0.01 of the building I at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Organisation