Speaker
Claire Frechette
(Umeå University)
Description
Lattice models were originally used to study molecule interactions like temperature and potential energy, but in their abstract form as colored labelled graphs, they can be used to study many functions arising from algebra and number theory and suggest interesting identities through diagrammatic proofs. In this talk, we'll introduce lattice models and see how they can be used to investigate Whittaker functions and suggest a surprising connection to quantum groups.