DePaul University Algebra and Combinatorics Seminar
Fall 2010
October 22, 2:00-3:00, Levan 201



Cohomology, k-invariants and Hopf algebras

Mihai Staic

DePaul University


Abstract

I will recall the construction of the first k-invariant and present a generalization of that construction. Then discuss an explicit presentation of the simplicial group K(A,n) and its topological interpretation. Finally I will talk about how these ideas lead to the construction of a cyclic module associated to a commutative Hopf algebra.