Motivic Postnikov towers
Speaker:
Marc Levine, Northeastern University
Date and Time:
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 9:30am to 10:30am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
Combining the concrete approach to the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence arising from the work of Bloch Lichtenbaum and Friedlander-Suslin with the abstract approach of Voevodsky gives a powerful tool for the study of cohomology theories on algebraic varieties. One can also use this machinery to construct new cohomology theories from old ones, or to break some interesting motives into simpler pieces. We will give a survey of some of the foundations as well as a number of applications.