Distinguished Lecture Series
Le Minh Ha
Operads have been invented in the 1960's by Stasheff for the
characterization of loop spaces in homotopy theory. After a long period
of oblivion, the operads have been resurrected about 10 years ago as a
new tool of so-called Universal Algebra. A given operad encodes all
possible natural operations in a given class of algebras, for instance
associative algebras, or Lie algebras. This method enables also to
organize in a coherent way the transformations between different classes
of algebras. The flavor is definitely functorial, but the idea of
Stasheff of introducing suitable polyhedra to encode the situation has
proved extremely intuitive and efficient. Applications will be given to
problems in algebra, combinatorics, geometry and even computer sciences.
Schedule
Lecture 1
Friday October 31, 13:30 - 15:00
Lecture Hall 6, Building A14
Lecture 2
Tuesday, November 4, 9:00 - 10:30
Lecture Hall 6, Building A14
Lecture 3
Tuesday, November 11, 9:00 - 10:30
Lecture Hall 6, Building A14
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Dr. Le Minh Ha
Department of Mathematics-Mechanics and Informatics,
College of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University
334 Nguyen Trai Str, Thanhxuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
emails: min...@vnu.edu.vn or leminh...@gmail.com
work phone: 84-4-38581135
work fax: 84-4-38588817