Classical and quantum gravity in 3 dimensions
Partially supported by GNSAGA-INdAM
5 September 2005 - 11 September 2005Invited Speakers
Rinat Kashaev
Universite de Geneve5 September 2005 - 11 September 2005
Seminar: Quantum theory of flat PSL(2,R)-connections on punctured surfaces
Kirill Krasnov
University of Nottingham3 September 2005 - 10 September 2005
5 September 2005 - 11 September 2005
Seminar: Remarks on Lambda<0 quantum gravity in 2+1 dimensions
Francois Labourie
Université Paris-Sud1 September 2005 - 9 September 2005
Seminar: Crossratios, SL(n,R) and Higher Teichmüller Theory
Christine Lescop
Institut Fourier, CNRS, Grenoble France4 September 2005 - 10 September 2005
Seminar: Surgery formulae for 3-manifold invariants defined via configuration spaces
Gregor Masbaum
Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu4 September 2005 - 10 September 2005
Seminar: Perturbative expansion of mapping class group representations in TQFT
Catherine Meusburger
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics2 September 2005 - 11 September 2005
Seminar: Grafting and Poisson structure in (2+1)-gravity with vanishing cosmological constant
Karim Noui
Penn State University5 September 2005 - 11 September 2005
Seminar: Three Dimensional Quantum Gravity from loops: pure gravity, particles and cosmological constant
Philippe Roche
CNRS Universite Montpellier 2 France4 September 2005 - 10 September 2005
Seminar: Quantization of De Sitter Chern-Simons gravity coupled to point Particles and Dynamical Quantum Groups.
Bernd Schroers
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University4 September 2005 - 10 September 2005
Seminar: Boundary terms and symplectic structure in the Chern-Simons formulation of 2+1 gravity
Leon Takhtajan
SUNY, Stony Brook6 September 2005 - 11 September 2005
Seminar: Holomorphic factorization of determinants of Laplacians on Riemann surfaces and a higher genus generalization of Kronecker's limit formula