GASC Seminar

 
Quantization, orbifold cohomology, and Cherednik algebras

 

Pavel Etingof

MIT
 
 

Northeastern University

Monday, February 23, 2004


 

Talk at 1:30 p.m. in 509 Lake Hall


 

Abstract:   The orbifold cohomology of symplectic orbifolds can be interpreted as Hochschild cohomology of their quantizations. This fact implies that the n-th symmetric power of a quantization of a symplectic 2-surface (n > 1) has a nontrivial deformation, not coming from a deformation of the surface itself. This deformation should be viewed as a (deformation of the) Hilbert scheme Hilbn of the quantized surface. In the simplest case when the classical surface is the 2-plane, this deformation is the (rational) Cherednik algebra.



Here are some directions to Northeastern University. Lake Hall can be best accessed from the entrance on the corner of Greenleaf Street and Leon Street.



GASC Seminar Home Page Posted: February 4, 2004.   Comments to:  a.suciu@neu.edu
Web page:  Alexandru I. Suciu  URL: http://www.math.neu.edu/gasc/abs/etingof04.html