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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
E-Mail: doronlg2@illinois.edu
Views: 12; 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.

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