Fields Institute conference on elliptic cohomology and string topology

本项目将资助参加2004年9月在多伦多菲尔兹研究所举行的“同伦理论的形式：椭圆上同调和循环空间”会议的旅费。 会议的目的是汇集来自几个小组的研究人员，这些小组最近在与弦理论相关的同伦理论方面取得了实质性进展，特别是椭圆上同调和弦拓扑。 这个课题最近吸引了一些令人印象深刻的新人才，拟议项目的目的是支持博士后和研究生参加会议。椭圆上同调是数学和物理学看似遥远的领域的丰富组合。 椭圆上同调将这些领域结合在一起的方式仍然主要是一个现象学问题，暗示着深刻而美丽的理论机制，这些机制恰当地解释了观察到的联系。 最近有一些研究小组对椭圆上同调有了更深入的理解。 这次会议将把这些研究人员聚集在一起。

DMS-0438807Matthew AndoThis project will support travel to the conference "Forms of Homotopy Theory: elliptic cohomology and loop spaces", at the Fields Institute in Toronto in September 2004. The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers from several groups which have recently made substantial progress in the homotopy theory related to string theory, particularly elliptic cohomology and string topology. The subject has recently attracted some impressive new talent, and the purpose of the proposed project is to support participation in the conference by postdocs and graduate students.Elliptic cohomology is a rich mix of seemingly distant areas of mathematics and physics. The way in which elliptic cohomology brings these areas together is still mainly a matter of phenomenology, hinting at deep and beautiful theoretical mechanisms which properly explain the observed connections. Recently there has been progress towards a deeper understanding of elliptic cohomology by several groups of researchers. The conference will bring these researchers together.