Student Combinatorics Seminar Date:  Monday, March 05, 2012 Location:  3088 East Hall (4:00 PM to 5:00 PM) Title:  Affine Lie algebras and the Weyl-Kac character formula Abstract:   Affine Lie algebras is one of the most important classes of infinite dimensional Lie algebras. One of their remarkable properties is that their integrable representations admit a Weyl character formula. We will introduce these algebras as a natural infinite dimensional version of simple Lie algebras and show applications of their character formula to number theory. We will begin with recalling the theory of semisimple Lie algebras. Speaker:  Shifra Reif Institution:  U Michigan Event Organizer:        Edit this event (login required). Add new event (login required). For access requests and instructions, contact math-webmaster@umich.edu Back to previous page Back to UM Math seminars/events page.