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The quantum difference equation (qde) is the $q$-difference equation which is proposed by Okounkov and Smirnov to encode the $K$-theoretic twisted quasimap counting for the Nakajima quiver varieties. In this talk, we will give a direct quantum toroidal algebra $U_{q,t}(\hat{\hat{\mf{sl}}}_{n})$ construction for the qde of the affine type $A$ quiver varieties. We will show that there is a really explicit and concise formula for the quantum difference operators. Moreover we will show that the degeneration limit of the quantum difference equation is equivalent to the Dubrovin connection for the quantum cohomology of the affine type A quiver varieties, which will give the description of the monodromy representation of the Dubrovin connection via the monodromy operators in the quantum difference equation.

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Integrable field theories in two dimensions are known to originate as defect theories of 4d Chern-Simons theory and as symmetry reductions of the 4d anti-self-dual Yang-Mills equations. Based on ideas of Costello, it has been proposed in work of Bittleston and Skinner that these two approaches can be unified starting from holomorphic Chern-Simons theory in 6 dimensions. In this talk I will introduce the first complete description of this diamond of integrable theories for a family of deformed sigma models, going beyond the Dirichlet boundary conditions that have been considered thus far. The talk is based on the recent work https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17551.

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In this talk I will present an update on my work with Ben Gammage and Aaron Mazel-Gee on the 2-categories of boundary conditions in the A and B-twists. In particular I will explain how 2-categorical 3d mirror symmetry decategorifies to the Koszul duality of hypertoric categories O discovered by Braden-Licata-Proudfoot-Webster.

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