Minicourse: An introduction to n-ary algebras and their applications

por J.A. de Azcárraga, O'Farrill (Department of Theoretical Physics, Valencia University, and IFIC (CSIC-UVEG) School of Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh University)

lunes 20 oct. 2008 15:30 → 16:30 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios (Dpto. de Física Teórica (UVEG))

The recent proposal of Bagger, Lambert and Gustavsson for a field theory dual to a stack of coincident M2-branes has led to renewed interest in n-ary generalizations of Lie algebras. The present course is an introduction to this subject, highlighting recent results of relevance to Physics, particularly to the study of three-dimensional superconformal Chern-Simons theory.