CMSA Math Science Literature Lecture Series
CMSA EVENTS
Speaker:
Claire Voisin - Collège de France
TITLE: K-theory and characteristic classes in topology and complex geometry (a tribute to Atiyah and Hirzebruch)
ABSTRACT: We will discuss the K-theory of complex vector bundles on
topological spaces and of holomorphic vector bundles on complex
manifolds. A central question is the relationship between K-theory
and cohomology. This is done in topology by constructing
characteristic classes, but other constructions appear in the
holomorphic or algebraic context. We will discuss the Hirzebruch-
Riemann-Roch formula, the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence, the
role of complex cobordism, and other tools developed later on, like
the Bloch-Ogus spectral sequence.
Talk chair: Baohua Fu
Written articles will accompany each lecture in this series and be available as part of the publication “History and Literature of Mathematical Science.”
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