Bonn THDM 2013: Schedule

• Background
• Program

1 Monday

• 11:15 - 11:50 Registration
• 11:50 - 12:40 Lecture 1: K₀ and Wall's finiteness obstruction; WL
• Lunch
• 14:30 - 15:20 Lecture 2: Normal maps and surgery below the middle dimension; SA-F
• 15:30 - 16:00 Exercise session 1a
• Coffee
• 16:30 - 17:20 Lecture 3: The even-dimensional surgery obstruction; SA-F
• 17:30 - 18:00 Exercise session 1b

2 Tuesday

• 09:15 - 10:05 Lecture 4: K₁ and Whitehead torsion; WL
• 10:20 - 11:10 Lecture 5: The odd-dimensional surgery obstruction; SA-F
• Coffee
• 11:50 - 12:40 Lecture 6: The geometric surgery exact sequence; SA-F
• Lunch
• 14:30 - 15:20 Lecture 7: Homotopy spheres and other examples; DC
• 15:30 - 16:00 Exercise session 2a
• Coffee
• 16:30 - 18:00 Exercise session 2b

3 Wednesday

• 09:15 - 10:05 Lecture 8: L-groups via chain complexes; TM
• 10:20 - 11:10 Lecture 9: Signatures; TM
• Coffee
• 11:50 - 12:40 Lecture 10: Normal invariants in detail; DC
• Lunch
• 14:30 - 15:20 Excercise session 3
• Free time - including Coffee at 16:00
• 18:00 BBQ at HIM

4 Thursday

• 09:15 - 10:05 Lecture 11: Smoothing and surgery; DC
• 10:20 - 11:10 Lecture 12: Classifying spaces for surgery; DC
• Coffee
• 11:50 - 12:40 Lecture 13: L-groups of categories and assembly maps; TM
• Lunch
• 14:30 - 15:20 Lecture 14: The Isomorphism Conjectures in the torsion-free case; WL
• 15:30 - 16:00 Exercise session 4a
• Coffee
• 16:30 - 18:00 Exercise session 4b

5 Friday

• 09:15 - 10:05 Lecture 15: The Isomorphism Conjectures in general; WL
• Coffee
• 10:20 - 11:10 Lecture 16: Surgery obstructions and the assembly maps; TM
• 11:50 - 12:40 Lecture 17: Status and methods of proof; WL