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Department of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Math 290B - Toplogy Colloquium
Gerd Laures
University of Bochum, Germany
The signature is an E-infinity ring mapThe signature can be regarded as a map from oriented topological bordism
Abstract:
The signature can be regarded as a map from oriented topological bordism to symmetric L theory. We investigate its multiplicative properties and show that there is simplicial model for the signature which is a map of E symmetric ring spectra. The construction generalizes to a large class of theories which are bordism-like in a suitable sense. The work is joint with James McClure.
Host: Nitya Kitchloo
April 17, 2006
2:00 PM
AP&M 5218
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