Köln Algebra and Representation Theory Seminar

The seminar takes place at 2pm (CET) every Tuesday during term time 

The seminar covers topics in algebra and representation theory and its interactions with other areas of mathematics. The seminar is organised by Peter Littelmann and Sibylle Schroll, with assistance from Daniel Schaefer and Calvin Pfeifer

Depending on the occasion the talk will be held online or in person at the mathematical institute in Cologne.  You can check the situation for each seperate talk below. In any case the seminar will be streamed in the following Zoom conference:


https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/93626660889?pwd=T04zNlI2bExaendwbVduZlEveEszUT09

ID:  936 2666 0889,   Password: 059890 

The address for the seminar when held in presence is:

Universität zu Köln: Mathematisches Institut, Stefan Cohn-Vossen Raum (Nr. 313 on floor 3) 

Weyertal 86-90, 50931 Köln 


If you would like to be added to the mailing list please contact Daniel Schaefer (d.schaefer@math.uni-koeln.de).

Summer 2024 Talks

16 April no seminar

Oberwolfach workshop on Hochschild (Co)Homology and Applications

23 April 2pm in person Andrea Solotar (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

On the first τ-tilting Hochschild cohomology of an algebra

Abstract: (joint work with Claude Ciblis, Marcelo Lanzilotta and Eduardo Marcos) In this talk I will introduce the τ-tilting Hochschild cohomology in degree one of a finite dimensional k-algebra A, where k is a field. The excess of A is the difference between the dimensions of the τ-tilting Hochschild cohomology in degree one and the dimension of the usual Hochschild cohomology in degree one. One of the main results is that for bound quiver algebra A=KQ/I such that its excess is zero, the Hochschild cohomology in degree two HH^2(A) is isomorphic to the space Hom_{KQ-KQ}(I/I^2, A). This may be useful to determine when HH^2(A)=0 for these algebras. We compute the excess for hereditary, radical square zero and monomial triangular algebras. For bound quiver algebra A, a formula for the excess is obtained. We also give a criterion for A to be τ-rigid.

30 April 4pm online Kayla Wright (University of Minnesota, USA)

✨ A Geometric Model for Semilinear Locally Gentle Algebras ✨  

Abstract: In joint work with Esther Banaian, Raphael Bennett-Tennenhaus, and Karin Jacobsen, we define a geometric model for certain generalizations of gentle algebras. We consider semilinear locally gentle algebras - (potentially infinite-dimensional) gentle algebras where we allow division rings on vertices and we associate automorphisms of these division rings to each arrow with certain multiplication rules. In this talk, we will demonstrate how one can utilize 🍩 topological tools 🍩 to visualize objects in the module category for such algebras. Classically, it has been shown that one can model various quiver algebras and associated categories using surfaces. In the simplest example, the category of indecomposable type A quiver representations can be viewed using triangulations of polygons. For our case, we model our algebras with punctured surfaces that have been cut up and stitched back together at the seams. This process of cutting and stitching the surface is a geometric realization of an algebraic result of Zembyk and it allows us to endow an existing geometric model for locally gentle algebras with a semilinear twist. 

07 May 2pm in person Erlend D. Børve (Institut Fourier in Grenoble, France)

Silting reduction for two-term categories

Abstract: Let T be a triangulated category and R a rigid subcategory of T. Iyama--Yang provide a mild technical condition that lets us explicitly compute the Verdier quotient T/thick(R). Although localisation theory of extriangulated categories is more complicated, there are good reasons to generalise Iyama--Yang's work in that direction, for example in order to redefine tau-cluster morphism categories using (ex)triangulated machinery. In this talk, we describe such a generalisation, formulating a technical condition in terms of generalised Hovey twin cotorsion pairs. For 0-Auslander extriangulated categories (for example a category of projective presentations), it suffices that the rigid subcategory R admits Bongartz completions. We will also mention the connection with tau-tilting reduction and tau-cluster morphism categories.

 

14 May 2pm online Hui Chen (Nanjing Medical University, China)

On the Ringel-Hall algebra of the gentle one-cycle algebra Λ(n-1,1,1)

Abstract: In this talk, I will show over finite field, the gentle one-cycle algebra Λ(n-1,1,1) has Hall polynomials. The Hall polynomials are explicitly given for all triples of indecomposable modules, and as a consequence, the Ringel--Hall Lie algebra of Λ(n-1,1,1) is shown to be isomorphic to a Lie algebra of type BC^+. This is a joint work with Dong Yang. 

21 May no seminar

CHARMS Summer School: Categorical and geometric methods in the representation theory of algebras

28 May 2pm in person Volodymyr Mazorchuk (Uppsala University, Sweden)

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04 June 2pm online Wen Chang (Shaanxi Normal University, China)

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11 June 2pm in person Viktória Klász (Universität Bonn)

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18 June 2pm in person Valentine Soto (Institut Fourier in Grenoble, France)

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25 June 2pm online Nicholas Williams (Lancaster University, UK)

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