The mathematical colloquium: Catharina Stroppel

From Platonic solids to Springer theory and beyond

Abstract: In this talk Catharina Stroppel wants to give a small tour starting from Platonic solids and explain how one might naturally construct spaces/manifolds/varieties which arise in representation theory, more precisely Springer theory and sketch why representation theorists care. From that spaces we will construct a Fukaya type category. The talk is for a general audience.