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Jesper Grodal: Finite loop spaces

Jesper Grodal, University of Copenhagen

Time: Wed 2010-11-10 16.00 - 17.00


Location: Room 3721, Department of Mathematics, KTH, Lindstedtsvägen 25, 7th floor

Hilbert's 5th problem, in its most basic form, asks if every compact topological group, which admits the structure of a smooth manifold, is a Lie group. In this form, it was answered affirmatively by von Neumann in 1929. If one takes a homotopical interpretation of the word "admits", the question is more subtle, and one is led to the notion of a finite loop space. These turn out not quite to be Lie groups, but nevertheless posses a rich enough structure to admit a classification. My talk will outline this story, which starts with a 1941 paper of Hopf: "Uber die Topologie der Gruppen-Mannigfaltigkeiten und ihre Verallgemeinerungen" and ends close to the present.

Title Date
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