Totally positive Grassmannians and rational M-curves

by Prof. Petr GRINEVICH (L.D.Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics & IHÉS)

Thursday Dec 3, 2015, 2:30 PM → 3:30 PM Europe/Paris

Amphithéâtre Léon Motchane (IHES)

We establish connections between two objects, naturally arising in the theory of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvily equation: totally positive Grassmannians and rational degenerations of the M-curves (Riemann surfaces with an anitiholomorphic involutuin and the maximal possible number of real ovals) with a collection of marked points. More precisely, we show that, at least all points from the principal cell of the Grassmannian can be obtained from degenerate M-curves. (Joint work with Simonetta Abenda (Universita degli Studi di Bologna).)