Conference: Higher structures in quantum field theory and string theory

This week I am attending a conference on higher structures in quantum field theory and string theory. It's an event that I have been excited about since the new year. So far there have been some very nice talks, with interesting ideas and calculations presented. There is the expression about going down a rabbit hole. …

(n-1)-thoughts, n=6: Asperger’s and writing, Lie 2-algebroids, linguistics, and summer reading

Asperger's, studying, and writing As a person with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), I've learned that writing plays an important and meaningful role in my life. I write a lot. By 'a lot' I mean to define it as a daily activity. Sometimes I will spend my entire morning and afternoon writing. Other times I will …

Mathematical physics and M-theory: The study of higher structures

In recent posts we've begun to discuss some ideas at the foundation of the duality symmetric approach to M-theory. As we started to review in the last entry, one of the first goals is to formulate and study a general field theory in which T-duality is a manifest symmetry. It was discussed how this was …