25 years since the letters to Weinstein, by P. Ševera

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22 Oct 2024, 14:00 CET. Talk by Pavol Ševera.

Abstract: I will talk about the original motivations and dreams that lead to these infamous letters (which are known mainly for the introduction and classification of exact Courant algebroids) and about some of the related developments in generalized geometry, higher structures and physics that happened at the time and since.