Homotopy Theory Reading Seminar: Localization
Essential information
- Organized by: Dan Christensen and Chris Kapulkin.
- Time: Thursdays at 2 PM.
- Location: MC 107.
Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topics |
| Jan 18 | Organizational meeting | |
| Jan 25 | Brandon Doherty | Localization of spaces (cf. Bousfield '75) |
| Feb 1 | Marco Vergura | Localization at a prime (cf. May-Ponto) |
| Feb 8 | Luis Scoccola | Completion and its relation to localization (cf. Bousfield-Kan) |
| Feb 15 | Luis Scoccola | Completion and its relation to localization (cf. Bousfield-Kan), part 2 |
| Feb 22 | Alex Rolle | Rational homotopy theory |
| Mar 1 | James Richardson | Localization of spectra |
| Mar 8 | James Richardson | Localization of spectra, part 2 |
| Mar 22 | Luis Scoccola | Localization in HoTT |
Additional topics
To be discussed if time permits:
- Localization in higher category theory (cf. Lurie or Anel-Biederman-Finster-Joyal).
- Localization in simplicial presheaves (cf. Jardine, Local Homotopy Theory, Ch. 7).
- Chromatic homotopy theory.
- Localization in Homotopy Type Theory.
See the Fall 2013 Edition website for many useful references.
For more information, please contact Chris Kapulkin.
