Research seminars

Seminare und Vorträge im WS 2025/2026

DateLecturerSeminarThemeTimeLocation
30 Sep 2026Bernhard Keller (Université Paris Cité, France) Report on Kong–Liu–Shen's disproof of Han's conjecture

Abstract. In 2006, Yang Han conjectured that a finite-dimensional algebra has finite global dimension if its Hochschild homology vanishes in all sufficiently high degrees. The analogous statement for finitely generated commutative algebras follows from work of BACH and of Avramov–Vigué-Poirier. The conjecture itself was shown to hold for many classes of algebras by several authors including Bergh, Cibils, Erdmann, Lanzilotta, Marcos, Redondo, Solotar, Suárez-Álvarez, Vivas, Ren Wang, Xiaoxiao Xu, Yunge Xu, Jinbi Zhang, and Guodong Zhou. In late August 2026, Bochao Kong, Yeqin Liu and Yu Shen posted a preprint where they construct a counter-example starting from Krah's universal phantom on the blow-up of the projective plane in 10 general points. We will sketch their construction, focusing on the passage from a proper dg algebra to a finite-dimensional algebra concentrated in degree zero.
Wednesday 2-3pm
Time Zone Berlin, Rome, Paris

online
https://sites.google.com/view/lagoonwebinar/home

13 Oct 2026Johanne Haugland (NTNU)A geometric model for the module category of a special biserial algebra

Abstract: In recent years, geometric models have emerged as an important tool in the study of the representation theory of algebras, and such models have highlighted important connections to other areas of mathematics. A geometric model for the module category of a gentle algebra, and more generally of a string algebra, has been developed by Baur and Coelho Simões. In this talk, we use this as a starting point for constructing a geometric model for the module category of a special biserial algebra. The talk is based on joint work in progress with Azzurra Ciliberti, Raquel Coelho Simões and Martin Herschend.
Tuesday, 2:30pm
Time Zone Berlin, Rome, Paris
in person
Stefan-Cohn-Vossen
Raum 313, 3rd floor
20 Oct 2026Lior Silberberg
(IMJ-JRP)
tbaTuesday, 2:30pm
Time Zone Berlin, Rome, Paris
in person
Stefan-Cohn-Vossen
Raum 313, 3rd floor
27 Oct 2026Robert Szafarczyk (Københavns Universitet)tba
28 Oct 2026Zhengfang Wang (University of Nanjing, China)tba