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Graduate Student Geometry-Topology Seminar

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - 12:00pm

John Olsen

University of Pennsylvania

Location

University of Pennsylvania

3C6 DRL

I will discuss division algebras and prove that if R^n is a division algebra then n is a power of 2. I will give an overview of the numerous beautiful results on the nonexistence of real division algebras and elements of Hopf invariant, one due to Adams, Atiyah and Toda among others.