Higher homotopy structures-then and now (teleconference talk)

Speaker:

James Stasheff (UNC Chapel Hill/University of Pennsylvania)

Date:

Tue, 19/01/2016 - 16:30 - 17:30

Location:

MPIM Lecture Hall [2]

Parent event:

Opening Conference for the Program on Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics [3]

Looking back over 55 years of higher homotopy structures, I will
reminisce as I recall the early days and ponder how I now see them.
From the history of $A_\infty$-structures and later of $L_\infty$-structures, I
will sketch how they morphed into the topic of this Program on
Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics.