Mark Behrens
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific, Seminar
Exotic Spheres and Topological Modular Forms Colloquium
An exotic sphere is a smooth manifold which is homeomorphic, but not diffeomorphic, to a standard sphere. In which dimensions do there exist exotic spheres? I will discuss what we know about the answer to this question in terms of the classical work...
Scientific, Conference
Cascade Topology Seminar
The 55th semi-annual Cascade Topology Seminar features talks from a mix of algebraic and geometric topologists, and will be held on the November 7-8 weekend at Portland State University.