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Calendar1: 28 Mar 2014 1400-1500
CalLoc1: UNSW Red Centre 4082
CalTitle1: Joint Colloquium: Evans -- The search for the exotic - subfactors and conformal field theory
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Joint Colloquium Sydney–UNSW

The search for the exotic - subfactors and conformal field theory

Prof. David Evans

Date:
Fri, 28/03/2014 - 2:00pm

Location:
RC-4082, Red Centre Building, UNSW

Speaker:
Prof. David Evans

Title:
The search for the exotic - subfactors and conformal field theory

Abstract:
Subfactor theory provides a framework for studying modular invariant partition functions
in conformal field theory, and candidates for exotic modular tensor categories. I will
describe work with Terry Gannon on the search for exotic theories beyond those from
symmetries based on loop groups and finite groups.



Joint Colloquium web site:
http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/SemConf/JointColloquium/index.html