Summer Workshop on Character Sheaves on Loop Groups
Overview
Lusztig's theory of character sheaves for reductive groups provides powerful geometric tools for harmonic analysis over finite fields. In recent years, there has been impressive development in the generalization of character sheaves theory to loop groups. These advances uncover deep geometric structures underlying representation and harmonic analysis over p-adic fields, leading to new perspectives on the local aspect of the arithmetic and geometric Langlands program. We are hosting a workshop with lectures covering a broad range of topics connected with character sheaves on loop groups, its applications, and related future directions.
Registration
Registration and applications for travel support are now being accepted.
Special lecture
George Lusztig (MIT)
Speakers
- Alexis Bouthier (Paris)
- Roman Bezrukavnikov (MIT), tbc
- Charlotte Chan (Michigan)
- Ngo Bao Chau (Chicago)
- Gurbir Dhillon (UCLA)
- Tasho Kaletha (Bonn/Michigan)
- Cheng-Chiang Tsai (Academia Sinica, Taipei)
- Yakov Varshavsky (Hebrew University)
- David Yang (MIT)
- Zhiwei Yun (MIT)
- Xinwen Zhu (Stanford), tbc
Organizers
- Tsao-Hsien Chen (UMN)
- Mark Macerato (UMN)
- Cheng-Chiang Tsai (Academia Sinica, Taipei)
Logistics
Getting to UMN
- The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) is conveniently located nearby Downtown Minneapolis. The airport is connected to the city center and to the UMN campus by public transport, particularly the Metro Blue Line.
- Metro Transit is the Minneapolis / St. Paul public transportation system – it includes bus and train services that run from very early morning until late in the evening.
- Bicycles and scooter rentals are available from Lime, Spin, and Veo.
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This workshop is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation grant #DMS-2143722.
