Graduate Student Homotopy Theory Seminar: Calculus for Algebraic Topologists
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- n/a
- Location
- 341 Altgeld Hall
- Date
- May 6, 2022 3:00 pm
- Speaker
- Johnson Tan
- Contact
- Doron Grossman-Naples
- doronlg2@illinois.edu
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Early on in our mathematical studies, we learn that instead of studying a problem directly it is useful to study a linearization of the problem. For example, to understand a smooth map between manifolds we can look at the resulting linear map between the tangent spaces at a point. In this talk we will be looking at a categorification of this idea through the lens of Goodwillie Calculus. In particular, given a map between sufficiently nice infinity categories we will define what it means for such a map to be "linear" and furthermore how one can approximate by such maps. Time permitting, we will explore further generalizations of this idea.