Title: Quantum Matter from Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (slides)

Speaker: Steven Rayan (Saskatchewan)

Time: 15:30-16:05 (GMT+0), 2021.08.12

Abstract:

The exciting and rapidly-growing field of topological materials has brought with it unexpected new connections between physics and pure mathematics. Algebraic topology in particular has played a significant role in classifying topological materials. In this talk, I will offer a brief look at another emerging chapter in this story in which algebraic geometry and number theory anticipate new forms of quantum matter associated to hyperbolic lattices.