An introduction to Morava E-theory

Speaker:

Nathaniel Stapleton

Affiliation:

MPI/MIT

Date:

Mon, 03/11/2014 - 16:30 - 18:15

Location:

MPIM Lecture Hall [2]

Parent event:

MPIM Topology Seminar [3]

Morava E-theory is a cohomology theory with many amazing properties. During the first half of this talk we will introduce Morava E-theory and give an overview of its most important properties. During the second half of this talk we will discuss the relationship between the Morava E-theory of finite groups and algebraic geometry.