3 - 7 June 2024

Algebraic structures in the Yang-Baxter equation 


Heriot-Watt University

Edinburgh

 

A five-day conference at Heriot-Watt University on algebraic aspects of the Yang-Baxter equation

 

 

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Yang-Baxter equation is a central object in the context of quantum integrable systems and quantum algebras (Hopf algebras) and has deep mathematical and physical significance. Recent studies on set-theoretic solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation have  generated novel algebraic structures called braces (nil rings) and also provided intriguing links with braid theory, racks, quandles and Hopf-Galois extensions among others.

The goal of this event is to bring together leading experts in the areas of algebra and mathematical physics to discuss recent advances on solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation and the associated algebraic structures as well as on Yang-Baxter algebras and their coideal structures, such as the reflection algebra.

 


Plenary Speakers

Jean Avan (Cergy-Pontoise)

Pascal Baseilhac (Tours)

Tomasz Brzeziński (Swansea)

Nigel Byott (Exeter)

Fabienne Chouraqui (Haifa)

Luc Frappat (Annecy)

Tatiana Gateva-Ivanova (Sofia)

Stefan Kolb (Newcastle)

Christian Korff (Glasgow)

Victoria Lebed (Caen)

Gandalf Lechner (Erlangen)

Shahn Majid (London)

Paul Martin (Leeds)

Jan Okniński (Warsaw)

Agata Pilitowska (Warsaw)

Eric Ragoucy (Annecy)

Alexander Shapiro (Edinburgh)

Evgeny Sklyanin (York)

Jasper Stokman (Amsterdam)

Leandro Vendramin (Brussels)

Paul Zinn-Justin (Melbourne)

Invited Speakers

Martina Balagovic (Newcastle)

Vincent Caudrelier (Leeds)

Ilaria Colazzo (Leeds)

Alec Cooper (Edinburgh)

Nicolas Crampe (Tours)

Andrew Darlington (Exeter)

Theodoros Kouloukas (Lincoln)

Łukasz Kubat (Warsaw)

Jules Lamers (Saclay) 

Marzia Mazzotta (Lecce)

George Papamikos (Essex)

Dora Puljic (Edinburgh)

Vidas Regelskis (Hertfordshire)

Paola Stefanelli (Lecce)

Lorenzo Stefanello (Pisa)

Fiona Torzewska (Bristol)

Arne Van Antwerpen (Gent)

Bart Vlaar (Beijing)


Organizers

Anastasia Doikou (Heriot-Watt University)

Agata Smoktunowicz (University of Edinburgh)

Robert Weston (Heriot-Watt University)


Local organizing committee

Panagiota Adamopoulou  (Heriot-Watt University)

Anastasia Doikou (Heriot-Watt University)

Bernard Rybołowicz  (Heriot-Watt University)

Agata Smoktunowicz (University of Edinburgh)

Robert Weston (Heriot-Watt University)


 Registration is now closed

There is a limited number of about 65 participants