Speaker
Pranav Pandit (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru)
Date & Time
Wed, 07 October 2026, 14:00 to 15:30
Venue
Madhava Lecture Hall
Resources
Abstract
What does geometry look like when branes, rather than points, are taken as the primitive objects? I will describe an emerging categorical framework that gives concrete mathematical form to some of the structures one might expect in such a geometry, drawing together ideas and questions from long-standing programs in several areas of mathematics. Key ingredients are categorical incarnations of boundary RG flows and g-theorem-type monotonicity, Zamolodchikov-type metrics, and BPS conditions. Based on joint work with F. Haiden, L. Katzarkov and M. Kontsevich.
Zoom Meeting: https://icts-res-in.zoom.us/j/88092766911?pwd=R3ZrVk9yeW96ZmQ4ZG9KRzVhenRKZz09
Meeting ID: 880 9276 6911
Passcode: 232322