Seminar, Michael Hopkins (Harvard), Reflection Positivity and Invertible Topological Phases, J356
Date and Time
October 10, 2017
04:00PM - 04:00PM EDT
Location
Jefferson 356
Title: Reflection Positivity and Invertible Topological Phases
Abstract: In a recent joint paper with Dan Freed the classification of symmetry protected phases of fermionic systems is approached using the methods of cobordism and stable homotopy theory. This talk will survey this relationship and describe some of the classification results.
