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A Path Model for Crystal Bases
Student-Run Discrete Mathematics| Speaker: | Steven Pon, UC Davis |
| Location: | 1147 MSB |
| Start time: | Tue, May 1 2007, 1:10PM |
Description
Crystal bases and crystal graphs are combinatorial tools developed to
study the representation theory of Kac-Moody algebras and their quantum
enveloping algebras. I'll give a brief description of the connection
between crystals and representation theory, describe a path model of
crystals, and conclude with an application of the path model that
everyone can enjoy (i.e., no representation theory knowledge necessary.)