Université Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI)Faculté de MathématiquesMaster Mathématiques et Applications
Cours spécialisé

Symplectic geometry and gauge theory on Riemann surfaces

Philip Boalch

Email : Philip.Boalch à ens point fr

Présentation

The aim of the course is to introduce and study some fundamental moduli spaces involving connections on bundles on complex curves. Such moduli spaces pervade mathematics, from work on the Langlands program to string theory.

Contenu

  1. Symplectic and quasi-Hamiltonian geometry,
  2. Jacobian varieties and their nonabelian analogue; the Narasimhan--Seshadri theorem
  3. Higgs bundles and flat connections; nonabelian Hodge theory on curves
  4. Riemann-Hilbert correspondence, character varieties and the Stokes phenomenon
  5. Geometric braid group actions and isomonodromy

Prérequis

We will often use the language of differential geometry so some such background would be very useful, as would some expertise on Riemann surfaces.

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