11.00 a.m., Seminar Hall Dualities in Mathematics and Physics Peter Bouwknegt Australian National University. 13-04-18 Abstract Prof Peter Bouwknegt from Australian National University (http://www.anu.edu.au/ ) is planning a visit to Chennai on 13th April (Friday) and has requested a meeting with Chennai Mathematical Institute to learn more about CMI, develop research collaborations and explore joint programs/Dual-PhDs. Prof Peter would be delivering a guest lecture/masterclass to students. Interested students are requested to assemble at 11.00 a.m. on Friday, 13th April at the Seminar Hall to listen to the presentation. In this talk I will review some geometric analogues of the Fourier transform, which arise in String Theory under the name of ‘dualities’. In particular, I will discuss global aspects of T-duality and mention some recent generalisations. T-duality has important applications in different areas of mathematics, such as in differential geometry, algebraic topology, operator algebras, noncommutative geometry, as well as in physics. This is a talk aimed at non-specialists and will include many examples.
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