Introduction to factorization homology

Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 12:00
427 Thackeray Hall
Speaker Information
Chris Kapulkin
University of Western Ontario

Abstract or Additional Information

I will introduce the basic concepts of factorization homology and explain its relation to ordinary homology (via Nonabelian Poincare Duality) and Hochschild homology. All the required higher-categorical vocabulary will be introduced.