Poincaré duality complexes

Speaker:

Beatrice Bleile

Affiliation:

U of New England/MPI

Date:

Wed, 19/05/2010 - 16:30 - 17:30

Location:

MPIM Lecture Hall [2]

Parent event:

Topics in Topology [3]

Poincaré duality complexes are homotopy generalisations of manifolds. This talk will provide an introduction and an overview of results and open questions concerning Poincaré duality complexes in low dimensions.