Algebra Seminars
Seminars are held in 358 Parker Hall on Tuesdays at 2:30pm.
Oct 03, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
Speaker: Keller VandeBogert (Notre Dame University)
Title: Stable Sheaf Cohomology via A-infinity Koszul Duality
Abstract: In arbitrary characteristic, it is known that the cohomology of line bundles on flag varieties eventually behaves like a fixed polynomial functor, depending only on the line bundle. Computing this "stable" polynomial functor remains a highly nontrivial open question with relatively few cases being known explicitly. In this talk, I will illustrate how the computation of stable cohomology may be significantly simplified by instead bundling sheaf theoretic data together as an algebra, then taking advantage of the A-infinity analogue of Koszul duality. This is joint work with Claudiu Raicu.
Aug 29, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
Speaker: Hal Schenck, Auburn University
Title: Kuramoto Oscillators: Algebraic and Topological Aspects
Abstract: We investigate algebraic and topological signatures of networks of coupled oscillators. Translating dynamics into a system of algebraic equations enables us to identify classes of network topologies that exhibit unexpected behaviors. Many previous studies focus on synchronization of networks having high connectivity, or of a specific type (e.g., circulant networks). We introduce the Kuramoto ideal; an algebraic analysis of this ideal allows us to identify features beyond synchronization, such as positive dimensional components in the set of potential solutions (e.g., curves instead of points). We prove sufficient conditions on the network structure for such solutions to exist. The points lying on a positive dimensional component of the solution set can never correspond to a linearly stable state. We apply this framework to give a complete analysis of linear stability for all networks on at most eight vertices. Furthermore, we describe a construction of networks on an arbitrary number of vertices having linearly stable states that are not twisted stable states. Joint work with M. Stillman (Cornell) and H. Harrington (Oxford).
DMS Algebra Seminar
Aug 22, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
Speaker: Michael Brown (Auburn University)
Title: Orlov’s Landau-Ginsburg/Calabi-Yau Correspondence
Abstract: I will discuss a landmark theorem of Orlov that relates the derived category of sheaves on a projective complete intersection to the singularity category of its affine cone. I will also discuss work in progress with Prashanth Sridhar, where we aim to generalize Orlov's theorem to the setting of differential graded algebras.
DMS Algebra Seminar
Apr 18, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
Speaker: Xianglong Ni (UC-Berkeley)
Title: Schubert varieties and the structure of codimension three perfect ideals
Abstract: In the orthogonal Grassmannian OG\((n,2n)\), there are two (opposite) Schubert varieties of codimension three. Their restrictions to the big affine open cell are cut out by equations familiar to commutative algebraists. For example, one is defined by the submaximal Pfaffians of a generic skew matrix---thus, by the structure theorem of Buchsbaum and Eisenbud, it is the universal example of a Gorenstein ideal of codimension three on \(n\) generators. The other gives the universal example of an almost complete intersection of type \(n-3\). I will explain how this example relates to Weyman's work on generic free resolutions of length three, and how it conjecturally extends to perfect ideals with other particular Betti numbers.
DMS Algebra Seminar
Apr 11, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
Speaker: Cheng Meng (Purdue)
Title: Decompositions of local cohomology tables
Abstract: Let R be a standard graded polynomial ring over a field k, then the Boij-S\"oderberg theory describes the cone spanned by the Betti tables of finitely generated graded R-modules. This theory shows that the extremal rays of the cone are given by the pure Betti tables and every Betti table is a finite linear combination of pure Betti tables with positive rational coefficients. In this talk, we will focus on the cone spanned by the local cohomology tables of finitely generated graded R-modules of projective dimension at most 1. We will describe the extremal rays of the cone generated by local cohomology tables of such modules and show that not every local cohomology table of such a module is a finite linear combination of the tables on the extremal ray with positive rational coefficients.
DMS Algebra Seminar
Apr 04, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
Speaker: Wanlin Li (Washington University in St. Louis)
Title: Algebraic and arithmetic properties of curves via Galois cohomology
Abstract: A lot of the algebraic and arithmetic information of a curve is contained in its interaction with the Galois group. This draws inspiration from topology, where given a family of curves over a base B, the fundamental group of B acts on the cohomology of the fiber. As an arithmetic analogue, given an algebraic curve C defined over a non-algebraically closed field K, the absolute Galois group of K acts on the etale cohomology of the geometric fiber and this action gives rise to various Galois cohomology classes. In this talk, we discuss how to use these classes to detect algebraic and arithmetic properties of the curve, such as the rational points (following Grothendieck's section conjecture) and whether the curve is hyperelliptic.
DMS Algebra Seminar
Mar 28, 2023 02:30 PM
Speaker: Emanuele Ventura, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
DMS Algebra Seminar
Mar 23, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
DMS Algebra Seminar
Mar 21, 2023 02:30 PM
Speaker: Edinah Gnang, Johns Hopkins University
Title: Bounds on the Chow-rank of hypermatrices via Partial Differential Encoding of Boolean functions
Abstract: We introduce partial differential encodings of Boolean functions and their relaxations. These encodings enable us to determine the fraction of optimal encodings of some important Boolean functions. Our main result is a general method for deriving upper and lower bounds on the Chow-Rank of hypermatrices which underlie polynomial transformed by some group or semi-group actions. Our method is a discrete analog of representation theory methods which devise bounds on the border rank via Lie group actions.
The talk is based on joint work with Rongyu Xu.
DMS Algebra Seminar
Feb 21, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall
Speaker: Prashanth Sridhar, Auburn,
Title: Periodicity of Fitting Ideals in Free Resolutions
Abstract: We examine the periodicity of ideals of minors in minimal free resolutions of finitely generated modules over local rings with a focus on their asymptotic behavior. The heuristics rely on the general principle that the initial part of the resolution is influenced by the module’s relations, while the singularities of the ring have a telling effect on the asymptotic behavior. For example, we show that for any finite module over a local complete intersection, the Fitting ideals of any size in its minimal free resolution are eventually 2-periodic (although the resolution is not). Moreover, if the stable value of a given size of minors is non-zero, it contains some power of the Jacobian ideal. Results of this type hold true in other settings as well (ex: Golod rings or residue field over any local ring), but do not hold in general.
This is joint work with Michael K. Brown and Hailong Dao.
DMS Algebra Seminar
Feb 14, 2023 02:30 PM
358 Parker Hall