This is the calendar of the Illinois' Math Department Topology Seminar. Talks are generally on Tuesdays at 11am, followed by an (optional) lunch with the speaker.
In Fall 2024, the seminar room is Altgeld Hall 241 (unless specified otherwise).
The course will begin with an introduction to global algebra through the lens of the representation ring. We will discuss restriction maps, transfer maps, character theory, power operations, Adams operations, and symmetric powers and how these structures fit together. This may take the first two lectures. Then we will describe the analogous structures for Burnside rings and Morava E-theory. Finally, we will end with a look at partition functors -- which are algebraic structures built to study power operations.
Department of Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
273 Altgeld Hall
1409 W. Green Street (MC-382)
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone: 217-333-3350
Email: math@illinois.edu