NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

REPRESENTATION THEORY AND RELATED TOPICS SEMINAR


Gonçalo Tabuada

(MIT)
 Non-Commutative Motives

ABSTRACT: In this talk I will describe the construction of the category of non-commutative motives in Drinfeld-Kontsevich's non-commutative algebraic geometry program. In the process, I will present the first conceptual characterization of Quillen's higher K-theory since Quillen's foundational work in the 70's. As an application, I will show how these results allow us to obtain for free the higher Chern character from K-theory to cyclichomology.

April 8, 2011 
10:30 - 11:30
511 Lake Hall

For further information visit http://www.northeastern.edu/martsinkovsky/p/rtrt.html  or contact Alex Martsinkovsky alexmart >at< neu >dot< edu