Time and place: 4:15-6:30 pm, 2/17 at Science Center (1 Oxford St), room 507.
Speaker: Saman Habibi Esfahani
Title: Geometric structures on gauge theoretic moduli spaces
Abstract: Motivated by Witten's study of instantons on S3 x S1, we survey some classical and recent results, programs, and conjectures on geometric structures, such as symplectic and hyperkahler, on moduli spaces of instantons and monopoles on various manifolds, from a mathematical perspective. This talk serves as background for Max's talk on 2/24.