Nitin Chidambaram

About

I'm Nitin Chidambaram, currently a postdoc at the University of Edinburgh working with Sasha Shapiro. I co-organize the Algebra seminar in Edinburgh. Previously, I was a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn and before that I obtained my PhD from the Univeristy of Alberta in 2020.

I'm broadly interested in algebraic geometry and physical mathematics, and in particular what ideas from physics can teach us about geometry. Among other things, I think about the Eynard-Orantin topological recursion, Airy structures, integrable hierarchies, the moduli space of curves, vertex algebras and the relationships between them. I also work on categorical aspects of geometry, in particular, the study of derived categories.

You can also take a look at my CV below for more information.

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Publications and Preprints

Here is a list of all my publications and preprints:

12) $\mathfrak{b}$-Hurwitz numbers from refined topological recursion: arXiv:2412.17502 [math.CO]

11) Whittaker vectors at finite energy scale, topological recursion and Hurwitz numbers: arXiv:2403.16938 [math-ph] (submitted)

10) $b$-Hurwitz numbers from Whittaker vectors for $\mathcal{W}$-algebras: arXiv:2401.12814 [math.AG] (submitted)

9) Taking limits in topological recursion: arXiv:2309.01654 [math.AG] (submitted)

8) Relations on $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n} $ and the negative r-spin Witten conjecture: arXiv:2205.15621 [math.AG] (submitted)

7) Shifted Witten classes and topological recursion: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 377.2 (2024)

6) Whittaker vectors for W-algebras from topological recursion: Sel. Math. New Ser. 30, 33 (2024)

5) Windows for cdgas: Adv. Math. 379 (2021), 107553.

4) Kernels for Grassmann Flops: J. Math. Pures Appl. (9) 147 (2021), 29–59.

3) Higher Airy Structures, W algebras and topological recursion: Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 296 (2024), no. 1476

2) Quantizing Weierstrass: Commun. Num. Theor. Phys. 12 253-303. (2018)

1) Canonical Structure of the E₁₀ Model and Supersymmetry: Phys. Rev. D 91, 085039. (2015)

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Other things I like to do

When I'm not doing math, I try to get outdoors as much as possible - climbing, skiing, or running for example. Time to explore climbing in the highlands! Here are some (older) pictures.