Coinvariants and superspace

Series
Algebra Seminar
Time
Monday, November 7, 2022 - 1:30pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Clough 125 Classroom
Speaker
Andy Wilson – Kennesaw State University – awils342@kennesaw.eduhttps://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/awils342/
Organizer
Papri Dey

The ring of multivariate polynomials carries a natural action of the symmetric group. Quotienting by the ideal generated by the polynomials which are invariant under this action yields the "coinvariant algebra," an object with many beautiful algebraic and combinatorial properties. We will survey these properties and then discuss recent generalizations where the multivariate polynomials may contain anti-commuting ("superspace") variables. This talk is based on joint work with Brendon Rhoades.