Simplicial sheaves, cocycles and torsors
Speaker:
Rick Jardine, Western University
Date and Time:
Monday, May 13, 2013 - 2:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
This talk gives a rapid introduction to simplicial sheaves, their homotopy types, and homotopy theoretic classifications of torsors. The method for comparing torsors to homotopy types uses a generalized theory of cocycles.