We are hoping to bring together mathematicians from around the world interested in tensor categories (with some emphasis on symmetric tensor categories, Deligne categories, oligomorphic categories, but not only) and related topics. Unless noted otherwise, meetings will be Mondays, 5 - 6 PM Eastern Time. See below for seminar schedule.
The seminar will be held at the following Zoom link:
https://mit.zoom.us/s/99820196134
Please email Hamilton Wan at wanh24@mit.edu for the password. Talks will be recorded.
Please fill out this form if you would like to be added to the mailing list.
Please contact Pavel Etingof (etingof@math.mit.edu) or Hamilton Wan (wanh24@mit.edu) for questions.
SPRING 2025
MARCH 17, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Kevin Coulembier (University of Sydney)
"Inductive systems of the symmetric group, polynomial functors and tensor categories"
Link to recording.
MARCH 24, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Joseph Newton (University of Sydney)
"Classifying symmetric tensor categories with constrained symmetric and exterior algebras"
Link to recording.
MARCH 31, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Kevin Coulembier (University of Sydney)
"Algebraic geometry in tensor categories"
Link to recording.
APRIL 7, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Alex Sherman (University of New South Wales)
"Homogeneous spaces in tensor categories"
Link to recording.
APRIL 14, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Karthik Ganapathy (University of California, San Diego)
"Commutative algebra with strict polynomial functors, and Weyl's polarization theorem"
Link to recording.
APRIL 21, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Andrew Snowden (University of Michigan)
"Classical Interpolation Categories" (Part 1/2)
Link to recording.
APRIL 28, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Andrew Snowden (University of Michigan)
"Classical Interpolation Categories" (Part 2/2)
Link to recording.
MAY 5, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Ilia Nekrasov (University of California, Berkeley)
"Distal classes admit only finitely many tensor categories"
Link to recording.
MAY 12, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Sasha Utiralova (University of California, Berkeley)
"Representations of the general linear group in Verlinde categories"
Link to recording.
MAY 19, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Pavel Etingof (MIT)
"Rigidity of non-negligible objects of moderate growth in braided categories"
Link to recording.
Mini-Course by Andrew Snowden (University of Michigan) (given May 20-21 at MIT)
Preparatory Lecture by Hamilton Wan (MIT) on May 19 (Link to recording)
"Some Generalizations of the Delannoy Category" -- Andrew Snowden, May 20 (Link to recording)
"Linearly Oligomorphic Groups and Tensor Spaces" -- Andrew Snowden, May 21 (Link to appear)
MAY 26, 2025 -- NO SEMINAR
JUNE 2, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time): Serina Hu (MIT)
"General linear groups and Lie superalgebras in the higher Verlinde category Ver_4^+"
Recording to appear.
JUNE 9, 2025 -- NO SEMINAR
JUNE 16, 2025 (5-6 PM Eastern Time) -- Vera Serganova (UC Berkeley)
"Support theory for the category of representations of supergroups."
Recording to appear.