题目：What are Lie superalgebras good for?

报告人：Stavros Garoufalidis 教授，南方科技大学

时间：2026年4月3日（周五）10:00-11:00

地点：数学新楼308

摘要：I will try to answer, as honestly as I can, this question. Lie superalgebras are important in mathematical physics (supersymmetry), in representation theory, in categorification, in quantum topology, but also in classical topology. Namely, they may detect the genus of a smallest spanning surface of a knot. Come and listen about some theorems and experimental evidence, and decide for yourself if this is an accident, a conspiracy theory, or a manifestation of the truth!