Departmental Colloquium
Tom Bridgeland
Oxford
Hall algebras and quantum groups
Abstract: A celebrated theorem of Ringel gives a neat formula-free
description of positive parts of quantized enveloping algebras in terms of
categories of quiver representations. The crucial ingredient is the notion
of the Hall algebra of an abelian category. I will explain this
construction, give a precise statement of Ringel's result, and then
describe a generalization which gives a similar formula-free description
for the full quantum group.
Friday March 22, 2013 at 3:00 PM in Lecture Center C4 (please note special location)