Mathematics Program and Computer Science Program Present

Supersymmetry and Superalgebra

I'll give an introduction to the mathematics behind supersymmetry. Supersymmetry is a novel idea in physics for a symmetry that relates two different sorts of elementary particle: "bosons", which describe the fundamental forces of nature, and "fermions", which make up matter. In mathematics we can study "super" versions of objects such as vectors, which have bosonic and fermionic components. I'll introduce some of these ideas, and end by presenting some novel calculations in the world of superalgebra developed by my undergraduate research students Osha Jones and Ziji Zhou this summer, which have applications to quantum physics in three dimensions.

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: RKC 111

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