Reading group on (∞,n)-categories
This is a reading group on (∞,n)-categories and applications. Talks are 90 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of discussion. Attendees are expected to read the references prior to the talks. Please contact Malthe at Malthe.Sporring (at) ed (dot) ac (dot) uk if you would like to be involved.
Schedule
| Date and location | Speaker | Topic | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-4PM Friday Feb 2nd Bayes 5.46 | Adrián Doña Mateo | Model categories | Hovey, Model Categories Chapter 1 and some examples from 2-3 |
| 2-4PM Friday Feb 16th Bayes 5.45 | Malthe Sporring | Axioms and unicity | Barwick, Schommer-Pries On the Unicity of the Homotopy Theory of Higher Categories Part 1-2 |
| 2-4PM Friday Mar 1st Bayes 5.46 | Willow Bevington | Models of (∞,n)-categories; monoidal structures | Barwick, Schommer-Pries On the Unicity of the Homotopy Theory of Higher Categories Part 3 Calaque, Scheimbauer A note on the (∞,n)-category of cobordisms Part 1 |
| 2-4PM Friday Mar 22nd Bayes 5.46 | Lucy Spouncer | Factorisation homology and TQFTs | Tanaka, Lectures on Factorization Homology |
| 2-4PM Friday Mar 29th Bayes 5.46 | Benjamin Hajoun | The (∞,n)-category of cobordisms | Calaque, Scheimbauer A note on the (∞,n)-category of cobordisms Part 2 Scheimbauer Factorization Homology as a Fully Extended Topological Field Theory Part 2 |
| 2PM Friday April 12th Bayes 5.46 | Iordanis Romaidis | The Morita (∞,n)-category of E_n algebras | Scheimbauer Factorization Homology as a Fully Extended Topological Field Theory Part 3 |
| 2PM Friday April 26th TBD | Patrick Kinnear | Factorisation homology as a fully extended TQFT | Scheimbauer Factorization Homology as a Fully Extended Topological Field Theory Part 4 |