| Spectral gaps and conformal field theory |
| Dalimil Mazac, Institut de Physique Theorique, CEA Saclay |
| Event Type: Special Seminar |
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| Time: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
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| Location: 726 Broadway, 940, CCPP Seminar |
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| Abstract: Conformal field theory plays a central role in our description of nature, from statistical physics to quantum gravity. It leads to many mathematical and computational challenges. In my talk, I will discuss surprising links between conformal field theory and classical topics in mathematics: the sphere packing problem, and Laplacian spectra of hyperbolic manifolds. In particular, I will explain how to adapt linear and semidefinite programming methods from conformal field theory to prove new theorems about spectral gaps of hyperbolic manifolds. |