Geometric quantization with metaplectic-c structures

Yael Karshon (University of Toronto) speaks at the Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences' Celebration of Symplectic Geometry: 15 Years of JSG.

Abstract: I will present a variant of the Kostant-Souriau geometric quantization procedure that uses metaplectic-c structures to incorporate the “half form correction” into the prequantization stage. This goes back to the late 1970s but it is not widely known and it has the potential to generalize and improve upon recent works on geometric quantization.