Quantum groups, quantum field theory and Koszul duality, II: Quantum groups from Chern-Simons field theories.
Speaker:
Kevin Costello, Perimeter Institute
Date and Time:
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
I will show how to construct the Koszul dual of the factorization algebra of a Chern-Simons theory in dimensions 3,4,5. By explicit computation we will see that these Koszul dual algebras are related to quantum groups such as the Yangian and its two-variable cousins.
