Algebra/Topology Seminar

Speaker: Adela Zhang

Title: Mod p homology of labeled configuration spaces via spectral Lie algebras

Abstract: Labeled configuration spaces B_k(M;X) of a manifold M with labels in a spectrum X generalize the notion of unordered configuration spaces B_k(M)=B_k(M;S^0). Knudsen identified labeled configuration spaces in M with the topological Quillen homology objects of certain spectral Lie algebras. This allows us to extract information about the mod p homology of B_k(M;X) using a bar spectral sequence and power operations on spectral Lie algebras. In this talk, I will explain how to compute the E^2-page of this bar spectral sequence via a May spectral sequence when p=2. Time permitting, I will talk about ongoing work with Andrew Senger on identifying the higher differentials via one-parameter deformation of comonads.

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