Introduction to Geometric Complexity Theory

Lecture 1: Introduction to Geometric Complexity Theory I
Lecture 2: Introduction to Geometric Complexity Theory II
 

This series of talks was part of the Algebraic Geometry Boot Camp. Videos for each talk are available through the links above.

Speaker: Laurent Manivel, University of Montreal

The lectures will focus on the problem of comparing the determinant and the permanent. I will explain possible approaches involving algebraic geometry and representation theory, and explain how the problem is related, somewhat unexpectedly, to several important classical questions in these fields.