Kavli IPMU Komaba Seminar

Speaker: A.P. Veselov (Loughborough, UK and Tokyo)
Title: Universal formulae for Lie groups and Chern-Simons theory
Date (JST): Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 16:30 - 18:00
Place: Room 002, Mathematical Sciences Building, Komaba Campus
Abstract: In 1990s Vogel introduced an interesting parametrization of simple Lie algebras by 3 parameters defined up to a common multiple and permutations. Numerical characteristic is called universal if it can be expressed in terms of Vogel's parameters (example - the dimension of Lie algebra). I will discuss some universal formulae for Lie groups and Chern-Simons theory on 3D sphere. The talk is based on joint work with R.L. Mkrtchyan and A.N. Sergeev.