The 1996 R. A. Blyth Lectures

A Survey of Some Recent Developments in Lie Group Theory and Geometry
Professor Bertram Kostant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract:

The lectures will be a survey of some recent results in semisimple Lie theory which have or show promise of having an impact on other areas of mathematics and physics. Topics will be selected from such areas as symplectic geometry, moment maps, quantizations theories (including quantum cohomology), hypergeometric functions, and the cohomology of homogeneous varieties.

  1. Coadjoint Orbits and Complete Integrability -- the Generalized Toda Lattice, Monday March 25, 4:00 pm, Sidney Smith Hall Room 2102
  2. Representation Theory and Decomposition Theorems, Wednesday March 27, 4:00 pm, Sidney Smith Hall Room 5017A
  3. The Quantum Cohomology of the Flag Manifold, Friday March 29, 4:00 pm, Sidney Smith Hall Room 5017A
Last updated: January 12, 1996

Return to the Department of Mathematics Home Page