Algebraic definitions for string topology

Series
Geometry Topology Seminar Pre-talk
Time
Monday, February 17, 2020 - 12:45pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Kate Poirier – CUNY - City College of Technology – KPoirier@citytech.cuny.eduhttp://websupport1.citytech.cuny.edu/faculty/kpoirier/
Organizer
Jonathan Beardsley

String topology studies various algebraic structures given by intersecting loops in a manifold, as well as those on the Hochschild chains or homology of an algebra. In this preparatory talk, we survey a collection of such structures and their relationships with one another.