February 26 - March 4, 2006 in North Conway, NH
Mentored by Michael WeissÂ
There was also a 2006 Pre-Talbot Seminar at Notre Dame and a comprehensive list of references compiled by Andre Henriques.
Michael Weiss (Aberdeen)
Vigleik Angeltveit (MIT)
Maia Averett (UCSD)
Allegra Berliner (Notre Dame)
Scott Carnahan (Berkeley)
Vesta Coufal (Fort Lewis)
Chris Douglas (Stanford)
John Francis (MIT)
Teena Gerhardt (MIT)
Jeffrey Giansiracusa (Oxford)
Veronique Godin (Harvard)
Joachim Grunewald (Muenster)
Owen Gwilliam (JHU)
Andre Henriques (Muenster)
Mike Hill (MIT)
Stacy Hoehn (Notre Dame)
Qayum Khan (Indiana)
Jacob Lurie (Harvard)
Tibor Macko (Muenster)
Marcus Meyer (Muenster)
Corbett Redden (Notre Dame)
Andrew Salch (Rochester)
Julia Weber (Bonn)
Monday:
[9-10] Overview of the method. [Chris Douglas]
[10.30-11.15] Surgery theory and G/BlockAut, Part I. [Andre Henriques]
[11.30-12.15] Surgery theory and G/BlockAut, Part II. [Stacy Hoehn]
[5-6] Orthogonal calculus and BlockTop/Top. [Tibor Macko]
[8.30-9.30] BlockTop/Top and the Whitehead space. [Jacob Lurie]
Tuesday:
[9-10] On a train from Beilefeld to Oberwolfach. [Michael Weiss]
[10.30-11.30] Waldhausen K-theory. [Teena Gerhardt]
[5-5.45] Waldhausen K-theory, TOP-Whitehead space, concordances, Part I. [Allegra Berliner]
[8.30-9.15] Waldhausen K-theory, DIFF-Whitehead space, concordances, Part II. [Vigleik Angeltveit]
Wednesday:
[9-10] Diffeomorphisms of disks and spheres. [Mike Hill]
[10.30-11.30] Algebraic Surgery, LA-theory. [Marcus Meyer]
[5-6] Controlled topology, Part I. [Qayum Khan]
[8:30-9:30] Controlled K- and L-Theory, Part II [Michael Weiss]
Thursday:
[9-10] Dwyer-Weiss-Williams, Part I. [Jeffrey Giansiracusa]
[10.30-11.30] Dwyer-Weiss-Williams towards Weiss-Williams III, Part II. [Julia Weber]
[5-6] Weiss-Williams III. [Michael Weiss]
8.30-9.30] Discussion session.
Friday:
[9-10] Higher torsion invariants, Part I. [Scott Carnahan]
[10.30-11.30] Higher torsion invariants, Part II. [John Francis]
[5-6] Igusa's singularity approach. [Michael Weiss]
[8.30-9.30] Discussion session.
Please email the organizers at talbotworkshop (at) gmail (dot) com if you have any questions.