Public Lecture: Quantum elliptic cohomology: a progress report

Thời gian: 14:00 đến 15:00 Ngày 14/05/2026

Địa điểm: Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM), 161 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Lang Ward, Hanoi.

Speaker: Lee Yuan Pin, Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Abstract

Among the generalized cohomology theories associated to 1-dimensional groups are ordinary cohomology (additive group), complex K-theory (multiplicative group), and elliptic cohomology (elliptic curve). In the late 1980s and early 1990s, physicists initiated quantum cohomology (Gromov-Witten theory) as the enumerative geometry associated with ordinary cohomology. A decade later, A. Givental and I established quantum K-theory. In this joint work with E. Bouaziz and I. Huq-Kuruvilla, I will report on recent (small) progress regarding the definition of the enumerative geometry of elliptic cohomology.

About the lecturer

Lee Yuan Pin is a mathematician working on algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. He is currently a distinguished research fellow and director at the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica. He also holds adjunct/joint appointments at National Taiwan University and the University of Utah. 

Mode of participation: Hybrid (online participation is available only for participants from outside Hanoi area).

Language: English

Registration: Registration is free but compulsory.  

Please register via link: https://forms.gle/yH2UffQsXTv3wpPKA 

Deadline of registration: May 13, 2026

Contact: Ms. Nguyễn Hồng Anh, email: nguyenhonganh@viasm.edu.vn