Stanford University Topology Seminar 2008-9 Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are on Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:00 pm in Room 383-N (Third floor of Math Building, Bldg 380). There is tea at 3:30 on Tuesdays on the 2nd floor in the Common Room

Spring 2009 Schedule

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Speaker: Christian Schlichtkrull, Bergen, Norway

Title: The cyclotomic trace for symmetric ring spectra

Abstract: We present a simple and explicit construction of the Bøkstedt-Hsiang-Madsen cyclotomic trace relating algebraic K-theory and topological cyclic homology. Our construction also incorporates Goodwillie's idea of a global cyclotomic trace.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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Tuesday, May 12

Speaker: Veronique Godin, Calgary

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Tuesday, May 19

Speaker: Shmuel Weinberger, U. Chicago

Title: "Locally tame group actions on manifolds".

Abstract: This ambiguous title indicates that I will discuss some aspect of algebraic topology related to equivariant surgery. I will either discuss the problem of equivariant surgery when the gap hypothesis fails or the geometric problems around functoriality.

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Tuesday, May 26

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