This is a summer workshop in algebraic topology meant as a bridge to math 618 and 619. It is geared toward beginning graduate students and undergraduates with some background in topology, but also to anyone with an interest in topology. We have participants from Penn and Swarthmore, but given that the workshop is taking place online this summer, anyone from anywhere is welcome.
The content of what we will cover will be flexible and guided by the interests of the participants. After some intro talks by the organizers, the participants are encouraged to volunteer to learn about a topic and present on it. People are encouraged to work in pairs or groups and give joint presentations.
Goal
The goal of these projects is above all that you have fun learning a topic that interests you, and you can use the opportunity to give a talk about it to do so.
We are happy to discuss topics to choose from and help you prepare. If you would like to join, please contact Herman Gluck or Mona Merling, so we can add you to the mailing list, to the Discord chat channel we have set up for discussions, and share the zoom links.
Contacts
Faculty: Herman Gluck, Dennis DeTurck, Mona Merling, Maximilien Peroux, and Ningchuan Zhang.
Graduate student assistants: Thomas Brazelton and Jingye Yang.
Meeting times
- Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 EST over zoom
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