Complex bordism and the equivariant Quillen theorem

Abstract: In 1969, Quillen showed that the formal group law of complex bordism is the universal one, and hence the complex bordism ring is isomorphic to the Lazard ring. In my talk I will first recall this classical story and then discuss an equivariant version of Quillen’s theorem, over a fixed abelian group and in a global equivariant setting.

algebraic topologydifferential geometrygeometric topologyK-theory and homology

Audience: researchers in the topic

Göttingen topology and geometry seminar

Series comments: Our seminar takes place via zoom every Tuesday afternoon (Central European Summer Time; the precise time slot varies—please always refer to the listing).