Topology Seminar: David Carchedi

  • Date: 11/12/2014
  • Time: 15:15
Lecturer(s):
David Carchedi, UBC
Location: 

University of British Columbia

Topic: 

Differentiable Stacks and Foliation Theory, Part I

Description: 

Differentiable stacks are generalizations of smooth manifolds suitable for modelling poor quotients, such as quotients by non-free Lie group actions. In this talk, we will define differentiable stacks and explain how they can also be used to model the leaf space of a foliation. In the following week, we will explain some recent results of ours about a nice subclass of differentiable stacks, called etale differentiable stacks, and explain some applications to foliation theory.

Other Information: 

Location: ESB 4133