PURE MATHEMATICS JOINT COLLOQUIUM
Published on the 28 Apr 2005
Abstract homotopy theory in complex analysis and geometry
- Speaker: A/Prof. Finnur Larusson (University of Western Ontario)
- Date: Friday, 13 May 2005
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Venue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSW
Model categories, invented by Quillen, provide an abstract setting for developing analogues of the homotopy theory of topological spaces for various other sorts of objects. They have found important applications in algebra and algebraic geometry, for example in Voevodsky's homotopy
theory of schemes. Recently, model structures have appeared in complex analysis and geometry and turned out to be relevant to the so-called Oka Principle. We will describe the underlying
ideas and some of their applications.
Enquiries to Catherine Greenhill, 9385 7105, csg@unsw.edu.au