Previous Conferences & Workshops

Sep
13
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

Even spaces and motivic resolutions
Michael Hopkins
11:30am|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: In 1973 Steve Wilson proved the remarkable theorem that the even spaces in the loop spectrum for complex cobordism have cell decompositions with only even dimensional cells. The (conjectural) analogue of this in motivic homotopy theory...

Sep
13
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

Towards elementary infinity-toposes
10:00am|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: Toposes were invented by Grothendieck to abstract properties of categories of sheaves, but soon Lawvere and Tierney realized that the elementary (i.e. "finitary" or first-order) properties satisfied by Grothendieck's toposes were precisely...

Sep
12
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

Isotropic motivic category
4:00pm|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: It was observed for a while (at least, since the times of E.Witt) that the notion of anisotropy of an algebraic variety (that is, the absence of points of degree prime to a given p on it) plays an important role (most notably, in the...

Sep
12
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

Voevodsky proof of Milnor and Bloch-Kato conjectures
Alexander Merkurjev
2:30pm|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: I will discuss main ideas and steps in the proof of Milnor and Bloch-Kato Conjectures given by Voevodsky .

Sep
12
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

The synthetic theory of $infty$-categories vs the synthetic theory of $infty$-categories
Emily Riehl
11:30am|Wolfensohn Hall

Homotopy type theory provides a “synthetic” framework that is suitable for developing the theory of mathematical objects with natively homotopical content. A famous example is given by (∞,1)-categories — aka “∞-categories” — which are categories...

Sep
12
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

Univalent foundations and the equivalence principle
10:15am|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: The "equivalence principle" says that meaningful statements in mathematics should be invariant under the appropriate notion of equivalence of the objects under consideration. In set-theoretic foundations, the EP is not enforced; e.g., the...

Sep
12
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

Galois, Grothendieck and Voevodsky
George Shabat
9:00am|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: The talk will start with discussing the common features of the three mathematicians from the title: their non-standard education and specific relations with the community, outstanding imagination, productivity and contribution to the...

Sep
11
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

On Voevodsky's univalence principle
4:00pm|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: The discovery of the "univalence principle" is a mark of Voevodsky's genius. Its importance for type theory cannot be overestimated: it is like the "induction principle" for arithmetic. I will recall the homotopy interpretation of type...

Sep
11
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

$A^1$-algebraic topology : genesis, youth and beyond
2:30pm|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: This talk will be a survey on the development of $A^1$-homotopy theory, from its genesis, and my meeting with Vladimir, to its first successes, to more recent achievements and to some remaining open problems and potential developments.

Sep
11
2018

Vladimir Voevodsky Memorial Conference

What do we mean by "equal"
11:30am|Wolfensohn Hall

Abstract: In the univalent foundation formalism, equality makes sense only between objects of the same type, and is itself a type. We will explain that this is closer to mathematical practice than the Zermelo-Fraenkel notion of equality is.