Mingyuan Hu 胡明源

I am a math Ph.D. student at Northwestern University, under the supervision of Eric Zaslow. I got my undergraduate degree at Peking University in 2020, advised by Bohan Fang. Starting in Fall 2025, I will be a postdoc at South Denmark University, working with Professor Vivek Shende.

E-mail: hmy at u.northwestern.edu

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Research Interest: Mathematical physics, homological mirror symmetry, microlocal sheaf theory, (open) Gromov-Witten theory, cluster theory and skein theory.

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Papers

1. A Proof of the Pentagon Relation for Skeins, 2024 arxiv 2401.10817, accepted by Adv. Theor. Math. Phys.
2. Skeins, clusters and wavefunctions, joint with Eric Zaslow and Gus schrader, 2023 arxiv 2312.10186, accepted by Adv. Theor. Math. Phys.

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Invited Talks

• University of Iowa, Topology Seminar. Apr. 10.
• Gone Fishing 2025, Washington University in St. Lious. Mar. 9, 2025.
• Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Workshop ‘recent developments in higher genus curve counting’. Feb. 6, 2025.
• Stanford University, Symplectic Geometry Seminar. Oct. 14, 2024.
• Columbia University, Enumerative Geometry Seminar. Oct. 4, 2024.
• Northwestern University, Geometry & Physics Seminar. Sept. 26, 2024.
• Kansas State University, M-Seminar. Sept. 13, 2024.
• Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University. YMSC Topology Seminar. Dec. 26, 2023.
• BICMR, Peking University. Symplectic Geometry and Mathematical Physics Seminar. Dec. 5, 2023.

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Links

Northwestern Geometry/Physics Seminar

Sheaf Quantization Seminar (Fall 2024, Northwestern)

Last updated: April 12, 2025.