Dear colleagues:

We announce the following seminar at IPMU
(the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe).

Regards,

Satoshi Kondo (IPMU)
http://ipmu.jp/

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Speaker: Ernesto Lupercio  (CINVESTAV)

Date: Feb. 23 (Tue) 2010, 13:15-14:45

Place:  Seminar Room at IPMU Prefab. B

Title: Nearly Frobenius Structures and Quantum Field Theory.

Abstract:

FIRST 20 Minutes:

In this introductory talk for a general audience I will explain some
of the relations between Quantum Field Theory and Topology and how
each informs the other in unexpected ways.

SECOND PART:

In this talk I will discuss generalizations of the concept of
Frobenius Algebra (Frobenius Manifold, etc) motivated initially by
String Topology. I will review first the classical story and then go
on to report on work by Gonzalez, Segovia, Uribe and myself.
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You can check the location from
http://www.ipmu.jp/access/img/KashiwaCampusMap.png

The schedule of the seminar can be checked from
http://db.ipmu.jp/seminar/