Colloquium Announcement: Matrix problems and quiver representations

When:  January 25 WEDNESDAY @ 3:30

Where: ARTS 217

Guest: Ryan Kinser (Assistant Professor, University of Iowa)

Title: Matrix problems and quiver representations

Abstract: 

I will tell the story of how a simple visualization tool, namely

directed graphs (quivers), provides a unified approach to ideas from

classical linear algebra to modern representation theory. The talk is

intended to be completely expository, with the goal of progressing from a

brief recollection of Jordan and Smith normal forms to simple statements of

some of the major theorems about finite-dimensional algebras from the 1970s.

I hope it will be suitable for both graduate students and also

mathematicians more advanced in their careers.

PDF of Poster: Ryan Kinser Jan 25.pdf