This is a student seminar on higher categories and their relationships to TQFTs. The ultimate goal of the class is to understand the Baez/Dolan cobordism hypothesis and specifically, Lurie's related work. The seminar will be held on Mondays 1:00-2:00 in Math 5127 (the seminar room).
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2009 | Introduction to Higher Categories I |
Ben Balsam |
| September 21, 2009 | Introduction to Higher Categories II |
Andrew Stimpson |
| September 28, 2009 | Cobordism Hypothesis |
Sasha Kirillov |
| October 5, 2009 | Infinity Categories |
Sasha Kirillov | October 12, 2009 | Infinity Categories II |
Sasha Kirillov | October 19, 2009 | Adjunctions and Dualizability in n-Categories |
Aron Fischer |