Zero distribution of discrete q-orthogonal polynomials

by Sigiswald Barbier (Ghent University)

Location: Campus Sterre, Building S8, Classroom 3.2, Ghent
Time: Friday March 15, 2019 at 14:30

Representation theory of the symmetric group can be related to representation theory of the general linear group via Schur-Weyl duality. Similarly, Schur-Weyl duality also relates the orthogonal Lie group, the symplectic Lie group and the encompassing orthosymplectic Lie supergroup to the Brauer algebra, and it relates the periplectic Lie supergroup to the periplectic Brauer algebra. In this talk I will introduce this periplectic Brauer algebra and give a classification of its blocks in positive characteristic. This is joint work with Anton Cox and Maud De Visscher.