Works of several authors point to a strong connection of representation theory of Hecke
algebras and their generalizations to algebro-geometric objects such as derived categories of
coherent sheaves or modules over quantized function rings, or quantum cohomology.
The workshop will be focused on the results and conjectures from representation theory
which can potentially lead to clarifying the nature of this connection.
The workshop is sponsored by the NSF and MIT Math Department.
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Roman Bezrukavnikov (MIT)
Alexander Braverman (Brown)
Pavel Etingof (MIT)
Victor Ginzburg (Chicago)
Stephen Griffeth (Edinburgh)
Aaron Lauda (Columbia)
Ivan Losev (MIT)
Davesh Maulik (MIT)
Andrei Okounkov (Princeton)
Peng Shan (Jussieu)
Olivier Schiffmann (CNRS, Jussieu)
Valerio Toledano Laredo (Northeastern)
Michela Varagnolo (Cergy-Pontoise)
Eric Vasserot (Jussieu)
Monday, May 17
| 9.00 am | Registration |
| 9.20 am | Opening Remarks |
| 9.30 - 10.30am | R. Bezrukavnikov |
| 10.30 - 11.00 am | Coffee break |
| 11.00 - 12.00 pm | R. Bezrukavnikov |
| 12.00 - 1.30 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 - 3.05 pm | S. Griffeth |
| 3.05 - 3.25 pm | Break |
| 3.25 - 5.00 pm | D. Maulik |
Tuesday, May 18
| 9.30 - 11.00am | P. Etingof |
| 11.00 - 11.25am | Coffee Break |
| 11.25 - 1.00pm | A. Okounkov |
| 1.00 - 2.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.30 - 4.05pm | A. Braverman |
Wednesday, May 19
| 9.30 - 11.00am | M. Varagnolo |
| 11.00 - 11.25am | Coffee Break |
| 11.25 - 1.00pm | E. Vasserot |
| 1.00 - 2.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.30 - 4.05pm | O. Schiffmann |
Thursday, May 20
| 9.30 - 11.00am | V. Toledano Laredo |
| 11.00 - 11.25am | Coffee Break |
| 11.25 - 1.00pm | V. Ginzburg |
| 1.00 - 2.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.30 - 4.05pm | I. Losev |
**6.30pm Conference dinner at The Royal East Restaurant
Friday, May 21
| 9.30 - 11.00am | P. Shan |
| 11.00 - 11.25am | Coffee Break |
| 11.25 - 1.00pm | A. Lauda |
| 1.00 - 2.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.30 - 4.05pm | TBA |
Lecture 1: Modular representations and geometry
Abstract:
In lecture 1 I will review a joint project with Ivan Mirkovic devoted
to proving Lusztig's conjectures which generalize Kazhdan-Lusztig theory to
representations of Lie algebras in positive characteristic.
Lecture2: Symplectic resolutions and canonical bases
Abstract:
In the second lecture I will describe a conjectural generalization of the
story from lecture 1 to other geometrically similar contexts, such as quiver
varieties. I will also mention conjectured connections to quantum cohomology
--- partly known due to works of Braverman, Maulik, Okounkov, Pandharipande
et. al --- and perhaps hoped for connections to mirror symmetry.
Abstract:
The purpose of this talk will be to explain certain (rather
peculiar) combinatorial results of Macdonald and Cherednik
(proved using double affine Hecke algebras) using the geometry of
the so called double affine Grassmannian. If time permits, I
shall also explain some new way how a close relative of DAHA
appears via "double loop groups". This potentially should lead to
"double affine Kazhdan-Lusztig theory".
Based on joint works with M.Finkelberg, D.Kazhdan and M.Patnaik.
Abstract:
I will review known results on representations of wreath product symplectic reflection algebras (in particular, cyclotomic
rational Cherednik algebras). Then I will state some conjectures (e.g.,those on the number of irreducible finite dimensional
representations) that link the representation theory of such a symplectic reflection algebra to the structure of the basic
representation over the corresponding affine Lie algebra of type ADE (extended by a Heisenberg algebra) as a module over its
subalgebras. These conjectures arise from the idea, due to R.Bezrukavnikov and A.Okounkov, that the representation theory of
a wreath product symplectic reflection algebra should be "controlled" by the quantum connection on the equivariant quantum
cohomology of the Hilbert scheme of n-tuples of points on the resolution of the corresponding Kleinian singularity.
Abstract:
Let g be a complex reductive Lie algebra
with Cartan algebra h.
Hotta and Kashiwara defined a holonomic D-module M, on
g × h, called Harish-Chandra module. We give an explicit
description of grM, the associated graded module with
respect to a canonical Hodge filtration on M. The
description involves the isospectral commuting variety, a
subvariety X ⊂ g × g × h × h which is a finite
extension of the variety of pairs of commuting elements of g.
Our main result establishes an isomorphism of grM with the
structure sheaf of the normalization of X. It follows,
thanks to Saito's theory of polarized Hodge modules, that the
normalization of the isospectral commuting variety is
Cohen-Macaulay and Gorenstein. This confirms a conjecture of M.
Haiman.
In the special case where g=gln, there is an open subset of
the isospectral commuting variety that is closely related to the
Hilbert scheme of n points in ℂ2. The sheaf grM gives
rise to a locally free sheaf on the Hilbert scheme. We show that
the corresponding vector bundle is isomorphic to the Procesi bundle.
This yields a new proof of the positivity result for Macdonald
polynomials, established earlier by Haiman.
Abstract:
We will explain how to describe the set of parameters c for which the rational Cherednik algebra Hc of type G(r,p,n) is equivalent to its spherical subalgebra (this is an analog of previous work of Gordon-Stafford and Bezrukavnikov-Etingof in the symmetric group case). The technique is based on vector-valued analogs of Jack polynomials and Cherednik-style intertwining operators. Time permitting, we'll describe a couple of examples in low rank where the same method gives more detailed information.
Abstract:
I'll explain joint work with Mikhail Khovanov on a categorification of one-half of the quantum universal enveloping algebra associated to a Kac-Moody algebra. This categorification is obtained from the graded representation category of certain graded algebra that can be defined using a graphical calculus. Certain finite-dimensional quotients of these graded algebras give categorifications of irreducible representations of the quantum enveloping algebra.
Abstract:
Consider a symplectic reflection algebra for a wreath product of a Kleinian group with a symmetric group. It is known that the spherical subalgebra in this algebra. It is known (due to Holland, Etingof-Ginzburg, Oblomkov, Gordon, Etingof-Gan-Ginzburg-Oblomkov) that the spherical subalgebra is isomorphic to a quantum Hamiltonian reduction of the algebra of differential operators on the space of representations of an appropriate quiver. The proof in the most difficult case (due to EGGO) uses several beautiful auxiliary constructions and involves many interesting computations. We will sketch a more boring proof (covering everything but the Holland original proof for the Kleinian group itself). Our proof involves deformation quantization of some symplectic resolutions.
Abstract:
We give an overview of some of the algebraic structures associated to the quantum cohomology of equivariant symplectic resolutions and illustate them in the example of the Springer resolution. Joint with A.Braverman and A.Okounkov.
Abstract:
We will explain the construction of a crystal structure on the set of simple modules in the category O of cyclotomic rational double affine Hecke algebras and its relation to Fock spaces.
Abstract:
We will describe an action of the Hall algebra of an elliptic curve on the equivariant K-theory of the Hilbert schemes of points in the plane. This elliptic Hall
algebra, which is isomorphic to the spherical DAHA of GL∞, admits several presentations which
we will describe : a 'Drinfeld realization', a realization as a shuffle algebra of Feigin-Odesskii type, and a combinatorial
realization based on paths in Z2.
We will also interpret our construction in the framework of the
geometric Langlands duality
(for GL(n) and for elliptic curves) and explain its generalization to
arbitrary curves and reductive
groups.
Abstract:
Let g be a finite dimensional complex, simple Lie algebra, G the corresponding simply connected Lie group and H a maximal torus in G. I will describe a flat connection on H with logarithmic singularities on the root hypertori in H and values in the Yangian of g. Conjecturally, its monodromy is described by the quantum Weyl group operators of the quantum loop
algebra Uh(Lg).
Abstract:
In this talk I will explain how to prove some
conjectures of Enomoto and Kashiwara concerning canonical bases
and branching rules of affine Hecke algebras of type B. The main
ingredient will be a new graded Ext-algebra associated to a
quiver with involution and Morita equivalent to the affine Hecke
algebra of type B. (This is a joint work with E. Vasserot).
At the end of the talk I will say some words on an analog construction
(given by Shan and Vasserot) for double affine Hecke algebras.
Abstract:
I'll review the geometric construction of representations of DAHA's via
the K-theory of affine flag varieties. I'll insist on the realization of
some finite dimensional modules in the cohomology of affine Springer fibers.