PIRSA:22060091 Conference Mathematical physics

DOI10.48660/22060091

Conference/School: QFT for Mathematicians 2022

Ben-Zvi, D. (2022). The relative Langlands program via gauge theory. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/22060091

Ben-Zvi, David. The relative Langlands program via gauge theory. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 30, 2022, https://pirsa.org/22060091 

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  author = {Ben-Zvi, David},
  keywords = {Mathematical physics},
  language = {en},
  title = {The relative Langlands program via gauge theory},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jun},
  note = {PIRSA:22060091 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

I will discuss a close parallel between Gaiotto and Witten's S-duality for supersymmetric boundary conditions in 4d N=4 SYM and the relative Langlands program, an enhancement of the Langlands program that was developed to provide a framework for the theory of integral representations of L-functions. A special and conjecturally self-dual class of boundary conditions is provided by quantizations of "small" or "multiplicity-free" hamiltonian spaces called hyperspherical varieties. I'll explain how a hyperspherical variety produces objects of interest in all the different settings of the Langlands program (local / global, geometric / arithmetic) and a collection of conjectures providing S-dual descriptions of these objects. The talk is based on forthcoming joint work with Yiannis Sakellaridis and Akshay Venkatesh.

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