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Simplifying the Halting Problem with Quantum Physics

Speaker: Jin-Cheng Guu

Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2025

Location: Online, Zoom

Conference: Emergent Research: The PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow Seminar

Subject: Mathematics

Class: Scientific

Abstract:

This presentation will introduce a strategy to simplify certain undecidable problems. We will then demonstrate how quantum physics has been utilized to tackle potentially undecidable problems, specifically within the realm of low-dimensional topology. This intersection is known as quantum topology, a field in which I have been actively working, and should time allow, I will present some of my recent results in this area.