Lie Group and Representation Theory Seminar

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Fall 2006:

Lie Groups and Representation Theory Seminar

Schedule, Fall 2006

The seminar meets Wednesdays at 2 PM in Math 1311.

August 30:
Organizational Meeting

September 6:
Speaker: Jeffrey Adams (Maryland)
Title: Software for computing representations of real groups I

September 13:
Speaker: Jeffrey Adams (Maryland)
Title: Software for computing representations of real groups II

September 20:
Speaker: Tom Haines (Maryland)
Title: Introduction to Kazhdan-Lusztig theory I (abstract)

September 27:
Speaker: Tom Haines (Maryland)
Title: Introduction to Kazhdan-Lusztig theory II (abstract)

October 4:
Speaker: Jeffrey Adams (Maryland)
Title: Kazhdan-Lusztig-Vogan polynomials for real groups I

October 11:
Speaker: Jeffrey Adams (Maryland)
Title: Kazhdan-Lusztig-Vogan polynomials for real groups II

October 18: 1-3 pm (NOTE special time!)
Speaker: Sergey Lysenko (Paris 6/IAS)
Title: Moduli of metaplectic bundles on curves and Theta-sheaves (abstract)

October 25:
Speaker: Sophie Morel (IAS)
Title: A formula for the intermediate extension of a pure perverse sheaf and its application to the calculation of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials. (abstract)

November 1:
Speaker: Chris Zorn (Maryland)
Title: Computing Local L-factors for representations of Sp2(F), where F is a p-adic local field

Monday, Nov. 6 : 2 pm (NOTE special day!)
Speaker: Ngo Bao Chau (Paris Sud/IAS)
Title: Hitchin fibration and the fundamental lemma (abstract)

November 15:
Speaker: Leslie Saper (Duke University)
Title: An intersection cohomology invariant associated to a Weyl group element and L^2-harmonic forms (abstract)

November 29:
Speaker: Alfred Noel (Boston University)
Title: TBA

December 6:
Speaker: John Stembridge (University of Michigan)
Title: TBA