| Monday, October 03 Geometry and Topology Time: 15:30 Room: MC 107 Speaker: Karol Szumilo (Western) Title: Cofibration Categories and Groupoid $C^*$-algebras I will present a theorem saying that homotopical functors out of a cofibration category are essentially determined by its subcategory of cofibrations. As an application I will discuss a functorial construction of groupoid $C^*$-algebras which is related to the Baum-Connes Conjecture. This is joint work with Markus Land and Thomas Nikolaus. |
| Tuesday, October 04 Analysis Seminar Time: 15:30 Room: MC 108 Speaker: Shengda Hu (Laurier and Waterloo) Title: $\mathbb{J}$-holomorphic vector bundles on generalized K\"ahler manifolds Generalized K\"ahler manifold is the analogue of K\"ahler manifold in the framework of generalized geometry \`a la Hitchin. Many non-K\"ahler complex manifolds admit generalized K\"ahler structures. In this context, the analogue of a holomorphic bundle is a $\mathbb{J}$-holomorphic bundle, where $\mathbb{J}$ is one of the generalized complex structures. We will discuss some examples of these objects, a possible candidate for stability and the Kobayashi-Hitchin correspondence in this context.Speaker's homepage: https://legacy.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=12368&f_id=43 |
| Thursday, October 06 Homotopy Theory Time: 13:00 Room: MC 107 Speaker: Alex Rolle (Western) Title: Coherent Nerve and Simplicial Localization This talk will introduce two new models of infinity categories (simplicially-enriched categories and relative categories), and relate them to quasicategories. |
| Friday, October 07 Noncommutative Geometry Time: 12:30 Room: MC 106 Speaker: Babak Beheshti (Western) Title: Quantum field theory for mathematicians 1 |