This event is in the past.It took place on March 16, 2026 at Hertz Hall.
Educational Talk
Educational TalkProbabilistic Operator Algebra Seminar: Subfactors and tensor categories in condensed matter physics
March 16 at 9am
Southside, Berkeley
📧Email David Jekel for Zoom link
🎓Graduate-level mathematics background helpful
🧠Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, Tokyo University
Explore how abstract algebra meets quantum physics. This research seminar connects subfactor theory to two-dimensional topological order, unpacking the mathematical machinery behind cutting-edge condensed matter research.
Research seminar
Mathematical physics
Advanced algebra
Academic talk
Educational TalkEducational TalkProbabilistic Operator Algebra Seminar: Subfactors and tensor categories in condensed matter physics
March 16 at 9am
Southside, Berkeley
📧Email David Jekel for Zoom link
🎓Graduate-level mathematics background helpful
🧠Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, Tokyo University
Explore how abstract algebra meets quantum physics. This research seminar connects subfactor theory to two-dimensional topological order, unpacking the mathematical machinery behind cutting-edge condensed matter research.
Research seminar
Mathematical physics
Advanced algebra
Academic talk