Topology Seminar: Michele Klaus (UBC)

  • Date: 11/10/2010
Lecturer(s):

Michele Klaus (UBC)

Location: 

University of British Columbia

Topic: 

Constructing free actions of p-groups on products of spheres

Description: 

To each finite group G one associates an algebraic invariant rk(G), called the rank of G, and a topological invariant hrk(G), called the homotopy rank of G. The number hrk(G) is defined in terms of free G-actions on products of spheres. In this talk we define the two invariants and discuss the rank conjecture, which states that rk(G)=hrk(G).

Schedule: 

3:00pm - 4:00pm, WMAX 110.

Sponsor: 

pims