URegina Topology & Geometry Seminar: Francis Bischoff

  • Date: 09/16/2023
  • Time: 14:00
Lecturer(s):
Francis Bischoff, University of Regina
Location: 

University of Regina

Topic: 

How does a Lie algebra encode a space?

Description: 

The fundamental principle of derived deformation theory is that a formal “space” (i.e. a formal moduli problem) can be encoded by a differential graded Lie algebra. The plan for our learning seminar this term will be to unpack and understand this statement. For the first talk of the seminar, I will give some motivation and outline the big picture. In particular, I will present a very illuminating example of the principle: how to encode the "derived" vanishing locus of a function into a Lie (or L-infinity) algebra using the Taylor expansion.

 

References: How does a Lie algebra encode a space (Part 1, Part 2)

Other Information: 

Location: CL 305 & Zoom. Join meeting

Time: 2pm Central/ 1pm Pacific