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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra

Overview

Hiraku Nakajima is affiliated with the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas within mathematics and physics, with a particular focus on the interplay between geometry, algebra, and theoretical physics.

Their recent papers include:

  • Towards geometric Satake correspondence for Kac-Moody algebras --- Cherkis bow varieties and affine Lie algebras of type A, 2024, Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure
  • Coulomb branches of quiver gauge theories with symmetrizers, 2021, Journal of the European Mathematical Society
  • Rozansky-Witten geometry of Coulomb branches and logarithmic knot invariants, 2021, Journal of Geometry and Physics
  • Line bundles over Coulomb branches, 2021, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
  • 3d TQFTs from Argyres-Douglas theories, 2020, Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

The main fields of study for Nakajima are Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy, with the following subfields receiving significant attention in their work:

  • Geometry and Topology
  • Algebra and Number Theory
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

The research topics commonly addressed include:

  • Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
  • Advanced Topics in Algebra
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
  • Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
  • Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
  • Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory

Nakajima has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Sergei Gukov
  • Du Pei
  • Alexander Braverman
  • Michael Finkelberg
  • Po-Shen Hsin

The venues where Nakajima's work has been published with some frequency include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Geometry and Physics
  • Journal of the European Mathematical Society
  • Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
  • Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

An award received by Nakajima is the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra, awarded in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Lectures on Hilbert Schemes of Points on Surfaces

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • Instantons on ALE spaces, quiver varieties, and Kac-Moody algebras

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • Quiver varieties and Kac-Moody algebras

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • Instanton counting on blowup. I. 4-dimensional pure gauge theory

    Hiraku Nakajima;Kota Yoshioka

  • Quiver varieties and finite dimensional representations of quantum affine algebras

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • On a construction of coordinates at infinity on manifolds with fast curvature decay and maximal volume growth

    Shigetoshi Bando;Atsushi Kasue;Hiraku Nakajima

  • Towards a mathematical definition of Coulomb branches of $3$-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ gauge theories, I

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • Yang-Mills instantons on ALE gravitational instantons.

    Peter B. Kronheimer;Hiraku Nakajima

  • Heisenberg algebra and Hilbert schemes of points on projective surfaces

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • Lectures on instanton counting

    Hiraku Nakajima;Kota Yoshioka

  • t-ANALOGS OF q-CHARACTERS OF KIRILLOV-RESHETIKHIN MODULES OF QUANTM AFFINE ALGEBRAS

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • Towards a mathematical definition of Coulomb branches of $3$-dimensional $\mathcal N=4$ gauge theories, II

    Alexander Braverman;Michael Finkelberg;Hiraku Nakajima

  • Quiver varieties and cluster algebras

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • INSTANTON COUNTING ON BLOWUP. II. K-THEORETIC PARTITION FUNCTION

    Hiraku Nakajima;Kota Yoshioka

  • K-theoretic Donaldson invariants via instanton counting

    Lothar Gottsche;Hiraku Nakajima;Kota Yoshioka

  • Quiver varieties and $t$-analogs of $q$-characters of quantum affine algebras

    Hiraku Nakajima

  • McKay correspondence and Hilbert schemes in dimension three

    Yukari Ito;Hiraku Nakajima

  • Coulomb branches of $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ quiver gauge theories and slices in the affine Grassmannian

    Alexander Braverman;Michael Finkelberg;Hiraku Nakajima

  • Crystal bases and two-sided cells of quantum affine algebras

    Jonathan Beck;Hiraku Nakajima

  • Instanton counting on blowup, I

    Hiraku Nakajima;Kota Yoshioka

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Finkelberg
Michael Finkelberg National Research University Higher School of Economics
Boris Feigin
Boris Feigin Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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