Infinite Loop Spaces and Infinity Categories
The aim of this small meeting is to bring together young researchers from different areas of homotopy theory, in particular those interested in learning algebraic K-theory, and to learn a new topic in a pleasant, informal atmosphere.
Place: University of Utrecht, Hans Freudenthal building
Room: 408
Dates: Mar 12-Mar 16, 2018
We thank Ieke Moerdijk for supporting this workshop with his Spinoza prize.
Participants:
Talks:
- Overview and introduction
- Symmetric monoidal infinity categories
- Topological operads
- Infinity operads
- Additive infinity categories
- Smashing Localizations
- The infinity category of presentable infinity categories
- Commutative monoids and groups as smashing localizations
- Classical models for group completion
- Canonical symmetric monoidal structures
- Functoriality and lax symmetric monoidal structures
- Infinity categories of semirings and rings
- Introduction to algebraic K-theory
- Applications of Multiplicative Infinite Loop Machines
- Outlook and Summary
Some further details can be found in the following program.
Organizers: