Canonical mirror models for cominuscule homogeneous spaces

Peter Spacek (MPI MIS, Leipzig)

Mar 24. 2026, 15:45 — 16:45

We will present a type-independent construction of mirror models for the small quantum cohomology of cominuscule homogeneous spaces, in joint work with Charles Wang.

Cominuscule homogeneous spaces are a kind of projective varieties with transitive actions of algebraic groups that include many well-known examples, such as quadrics, Grassmannians, and Lagrangian Grassmannians. One of their distinguishing properties is the fact that their Langlands dual homogeneous spaces allow an embedding into the projectivization of a minuscule representation, i.e. a representation in which the weights form a single orbit under the Weyl group. This embedding allows us to use the combinatorics of minuscule posets to construct mirror models in explicit projective coordinates type-independently, where previous constructions depended on the specific representation theory of the algebraic group.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Amplitudes and Algebraic Geometry (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Daniele Agostini (U Tübingen)
Lara Bossinger (UNAM, Oaxaca)
Ruth Britto (Trinity College, Dublin)
Johannes Henn (MPP, Munich)
Jianrong Li (U of Vienna)
Anna-Laura Sattelberger (MPI MIS, Leipzig)
Oliver Schlotterer (Uppsala U)