Higher categorical structures in symplectic geometry

Speaker:

Katrin Wehrheim

Zugehörigkeit:

UC Berkeley/MPIM

Datum:

Don, 02/05/2024 - 15:00 - 16:00

Location:

MPIM Lecture Hall [2]

Parent event:

MPI-Oberseminar [3]

Parent event:

Workshop "Higher Geometric Structures along the Lower Rhine XVII", May 2 - 3, 2024 [4]

We will explore higher categorical structures in symplectic geometry by taking some not entirely rigorous but everthemore instructive shortcuts to the algebraic implications of the analysis of pseudoholomorphic curves. Please come prepared to engage in collective inquiry on questions such as

Why do pseudoholomorphic disks generate $A_\infty$ algebras?
What is $A_\infty$ algebra anyways?
What 2- or $\infty$-categorical structures arise from interpreting string diagrams as pseudoholomorphic curves?