Topology Seminar: Henrik Rüping
- Date: 09/24/2014
- Time: 15:15
Lecturer(s):
Henrik Rüping, UBC
Location:
University of British Columbia
Topic:
Algebraic K-Theory of Group rings and its applications I
Description:
In this talk I will mention some conjectures about group rings (Idempotent conjecture, unit conjecture) and mention their stable versions. Those involve algebraic K-theory. I will explain how the Farrell-Jones conjecture implies those stable versions. I will then finish with the status of the Farrell-Jones conjecture. The cheapest way to prove it for a certain group is to use its inheritance properties, but this also touches very interesting questions in (geometric) group theory.
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