Sixty-seventh meeting of the Transpennine Topology Triangle

Department of Pure Mathematics
University of Sheffield
Tuesday
09/12/08

Afternoon meeting, at rather short notice....

Programme

2.00 pm, Northcott Room J11: Oscar Randal-Williams (Oxford) "Homology of the stable non-orientable mapping class group"
3.00 pm, I15: Tea
4.00 pm, Northcott Room J11: Larry Smith (Goettingen)
"Poincare duality algebras and binary quadratic forms modulo 2"

We expect to go to eat nearby, soon after the last talk.

Abstracts

Anyone who wishes to participate is welcome: we shall operate the usual arrangements for assistance with travel expenses. We expect to assemble for tea and coffee in I15, Floor 5, from 11.00 am until the first talk. Each lecture will take place in Room J11 of the Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield.
Tea and Coffee will be served in the common room I15.
For further information email John Greenlees j.greenlees@sheffield.ac.uk, (or John Hunton jrh7@mcs.le.ac.uk or Nige Ray nige@ma.man.ac.uk) if you are interested, so we can make approximately the right amount of tea and coffee.

How to get there

From the rail station, you can catch the Number 40 bus (Orange Line), and get off where it crosses the ring road. Or take the supertram to the University stop. There is more information at School of Mathematics and Statistics Homepage

The meeting is partially supported by a Scheme 3 grant from the London Mathematical Society.

TTT meetings are partially supported by an LMS Scheme 3 grant. Anyone who wishes to participate is welcome: we shall operate the usual arrangements for assistance with travel expenses.

For further information email John Greenlees j.greenlees(\a\t) sheffield.ac.uk, John Hunton jrh7(\a\t) mcs.le.ac.uk or Nige Ray nige(\a\t) ma.man.ac.uk if you are interested.

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