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Postdoc Seminar I: What is an L^2-Betti number? September 23, 2016 (11:00 AM PDT - 11:45 AM PDT)
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Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium
Speaker(s) Kevin Schreve (University of Chicago)
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Atiyah introduced L^2-methods into topology in the 1970's. In this talk, I will give define L^2-homology groups and L^2-Betti numbers. I will give some applications and talk about some open problems. 

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