Topology working seminar: Maxim Stykow (UBC)
- Date: 09/27/2010
Lecturer(s):
Maxim
Stykow (UBC)
Location:
University of British Columbia
Topic:
Pontryagin-Thom Theory II
Description:
In this talk we will describe the underlying construction of the main theorem of Galatius' paper. This main theorem is a generalization of the Pontryagin-Thom construction and establishes a weak homotopy equivalence between the classifying space of a cobordism category and the infinite loop space of the spectrum MTSO(n). We then compute the rational cohomology of this infinite loop space and describe how the generalized MMM-classes come from it.
Schedule:
2:00pm-3:00pm, WMAX 110
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