Student Representation theory seminar

This is a dedicated subpage for the Geometric Satake seminar. The Geometric Satake equivalence is a deep result relating the geometry of the affine Grassmannian to the representation theory of complex reductive groups.

Each week, a participant will give a talk lasting between one to one-and-a-half hours. The talks are not recorded, but notes will be uploaded to this website after each talk. All graduate students with an interest in Representation Theory (and for this semester, Algebraic Geometry) are encouraged to attend. There is no prerequisites for attending the seminar; although, basic knowledge of representation theory of finite groups, Lie algebras, and algebraic geometry is certainly helpful.

Logistics

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Schedule

Day Topic Reference Speaker
9/5 Crash Course on Perverse sheaves I A. Chs 3, 6 Abhishek
9/12 Crash Course on Perverse sheaves II A. Chs 3, 6 Abhishek
9/19 Geometry of Affine Grassmannians A. §3.1, BR §3 Gurleen
9/26 Tensor Structures on Perv(LG\Gr) A. §4.1, BR §6.2 Mike
10/3 Weight Functors A. §4.2, BR §6.2, §8 Colton
10/10 Mirković–Vilonen Cycles A. §6.2 John
10/24 Tannakian Reconstruction A. §9.2 David
10/31 Identifying the Dual Group BR, §9 Gurleen
11/7 Further Topics Up to you John
11/14 Further Topics Up to you Abhishek
11/21 Further Topics Up to you -
12/5 Further Topics Up to you