Speaker: Tony Pantev
Date: May 09, 2014
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, USA

Abstract: I will introduce a version of algebraic symplectic geometry that is suitable for dealing with singular or stacky spaces. I will explain how this generalization arises naturally in the study of moduli spaces and will outline the connections to ordinary symplectic  geometry. I will also give interesting examples and will describe a  several non-trivial constructions of shifted symplectic structures.  This is a joint work with Toen, Vaquie, and Vezzosi.