SMC Colloquium

Local aspects of groups and loop spaces

Name: Local aspects of groups and loop spaces
Start: 2011-05-11T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2011-05-11T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Room 3721

by Carles Broto (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

Wednesday 11 May 2011, 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Stockholm

Room 3721

Department of Mathematics, KTH, Lindstedtsvägen 25, 7th floor

Description

Lie groups are ubiquitous objects in mathematics. We will review the approach to Lie groups from the homotopy theorist point of view. We will discuss the local structure of finite loop spaces and some new interactions of algebra and topology.