[Distinguished Lecture] Classical and Homotopy Group Actions
Time: 2018-10-22
Published By: He Liu
Speaker(s): Alejandro Adem (University of British Columbia)
Time: 16:00-17:00 October 31, 2018
Venue: Room 77201, Jingchunyuan 78, BICMR
Understanding the symmetries of a topological space is a classical problem in mathematics. In this talk we will consider the somewhat more flexible notion of a group action up to homotopy. This leads to interesting interactions between topology, group theory and representation theory. This is joint work with Jesper Grodal.
Introduction：
Professor Alejandro Adem has been Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director of Mitacs since February 1, 2015. He is concurrently Professor of Mathematics and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia. He was appointed Canada Research Chair in Algebraic Topology at the University of British Columbia in 2004 and served as Scientific Director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences from 2008 to 2015.
Professor Adem is a highly regarded researcher in mathematics. He has authored over 70 articles as well as two books. He has won the Canadian Mathematical Society’s Jeffery-Williams Prize (2015) and has been a corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (2017). In addition Professor Adem serves on a variety of scientific, editorial and governance boards for the worldwide mathematical sciences community.
