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Thomas Blom: Profinite homotopy theory

Tid: Ti 2019-02-12 kl 13.15 - 15.00

Plats: Room 3418, Lindstedtsvägen 25, 4th floor, Department of Mathematics KTH

Medverkande: Thomas Blom

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Abstract: In his article "Profinite homotopy theory", Gereon Quick constructs a model structure on the category of simplicial profinite sets, which can serve as a setting for doing profinite homotopy theory. This model structure is used in the article "Profinite completion of operads and the Grothendieck-Teichmüller group" by Geoffroy Horel, in which he proves that the homotopy automorphism group of the profinite completion of the little 2-discs operad is the profinite Grothendieck-Teichmüller group. In this proof, Horel also uses a model structure on the category of profinite groupoids. In my thesis, I studied these two model categories, filling in some gaps in the proofs by Gereon Quick and Geoffroy Horel. In this talk, I will give an overview of the history of profinite homotopy, and introduce pro-categories along the way. We will then look at profinite groupoids and simplicial profinite sets, and see how the above-mentioned model structures defined by Horel and Quick are constructed.