Centre de Recherche en Théorie des Catégories
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Category Theory Research Center

Seminars scheduled in 2010 - 2011

Next talk

Thursday 16 September 2010

10:30 - 12:00   M Makkai
The first in a series of seminars, held at the Philosophy Dept of l'Université de Montréal. Details here

Tuesday 21 Sept 2010

2:30 - 4:00   Gadi Moran (Haifa)
The discovery of the quaternions - a rediscovery
[Abstract]

Thursday 30 September 2010

10:30 - 12:00   M Makkai
The second in a series of seminars, held at l'Université de Montréal.
NOTE: Change of locale: Details here

Tuesday 5 October 2010

2:30 - 4:00   J Lambek
Visions of six dimensions
Abstract: The quaternionic approach to physics and the Lorentz category gain in transparency if one assumes that there are three temporal dimensions.

Thursday 14 October 2010

10:30 - 12:00   M Makkai
The third in a series of seminars, held at l'Université de Montréal, (room Z-205, Claire McNicoll Building)   Details here

Thursday 28 October 2010

10:30 - 12:00   M Makkai
The fourth in a series of seminars, held at l'Université de Montréal, (room Z-205, Claire McNicoll Building)   Details here

Thursday 11 November 2010

10:30 - 12:00   M Makkai
The next in a series of seminars, held at l'Université de Montréal, (room Z-205, Claire McNicoll Building)   Details and notes here

Tuesday 16 November 2010

2:30 - 4:00   E Dubuc
Span refinements of the Cech Nerve
(Abstract)
N.B. This talk will be in our "usual" location in Burnside Hall, Rm 920.

Tuesday 23 November 2010

1:30 - 2:30   E Dubuc
Span refinements of the Cech Nerve II
(Abstract)
N.B. This talk will be in Burnside Hall, Rm 1120.

Tuesday 23 November 2010

2:30 - 4:00   Phuong The Nguyen
Bounded arithmetic and bounded reverse mathematics
(Abstract)
N.B. This talk will be in our "usual" location in Burnside Hall, Rm 920.

Thursday 25 November 2010

10:30 - 12:00   M Makkai
The next in a series of seminars, held at l'Université de Montréal, (room Z-205, Claire McNicoll Building)   Details and notes here

Tuesday 30 November 2010

2:30 - 4:00   Phuong The Nguyen
Bounded arithmetic and bounded reverse mathematics II
(Abstract)
N.B. This talk will be in our "usual" location in Burnside Hall, Rm 920.

Tuesday 7 December 2010

2:30 - 4:00   R.A.G. Seely
The Faà di Bruno construction
(Abstract)

Thursday 9 December 2010

10:30 - 12:00   M Makkai
The next in a series of seminars, held at l'Université de Montréal, (room Z-205, Claire McNicoll Building)   Details and notes here
This is the last talk in this series this semester - the series will start again in January, every second Tuesday morning (details to be announced later)

Tuesday 11 January 2011

2:30 - 4:00   M Barr
A countable meet of spatial sublocales of a coherent space is spatial I
(Abstract)

Tuesday 18 January 2011

2:30 - 4:00   Roman Tymkiv
Circulation Theory
(Abstract)

Tuesday 25 January 2011

2:30 - 4:00   Roman Tymkiv
Circulation Theory II
(Abstract)

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Foundations Seminar in BH1234
11:00 - 12:30   M Makkai
Anafunctors
(This is the first of this semester's meetings in the series of talks by M Makkai.
Note the new time and place: Tuesday mornings at 11am till 12:30, at McGill, in Burnside Hall room 1234.)

Category Seminar in BH920
(i.e. usual time and place)
2:30 - 4:00   M Barr
A countable meet of spatial sublocales of a coherent space is spatial II
(Abstract)

Tuesday 8 February 2011 CANCELLED
This talk will be reschuled as soon as possible

2:30 - 4:00   A Hoffnung (Ottawa)
Convolution over homology
(Abstract)

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Foundations Seminar in BH1234
11:00 - 12:30   M Makkai
Anafunctors: their use and their expression in FOLDS.
(This is the second of this semester's meetings in the series of talks by M Makkai.
Note the time and place: Tuesday mornings at 11am till 12:30, at McGill, in Burnside Hall room 1234.)

Category Seminar in BH920
(i.e. usual time and place)
2:30 - 4:00   M Makkai
Completeness in algebraic logic revisited

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Foundations Seminar in BH1234
11:00 - 12:30   M Makkai
FOLDS (finally) defined
(This is the third of this semester's meetings in the series of talks by M Makkai.
Note the time and place: Tuesday mornings at 11am till 12:30, at McGill, in Burnside Hall room 1234.)

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Foundations Seminar in BH1234
11:00 - 12:30   M Makkai
The definition of FOLDS, part 2
(This is the fourth of this semester's meetings in the series of talks by M Makkai.
Note the time and place: Tuesday mornings at 11am till 12:30, at McGill, in Burnside Hall room 1234.)

Tuesday 29 March 2011

Foundations Seminar in BH1234
11:00 - 12:30   M Makkai
The definition of FOLDS, part 3
Regular attendees of this seminar will want to check the Foundations Seminar website, since several new postings have been made there recently.
(Note the time and place: Tuesday morning at 11am till 12:30, at McGill, in Burnside Hall room 1234.)

Category Seminar in BH920
2:30 - 4:00   D Coumans
Defining a notion of canonical extension for coherent categories
[Abstract]

Tuesday 12 April 2011

Foundations Seminar in BH1234
11:00 - 12:30   M Makkai
The FOLDS notion of identity
(Note the time and place: Tuesday morning at 11am till 12:30, at McGill, in Burnside Hall room 1234.)

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Foundations Seminar in BH1234
11:00 - 12:30   M Makkai
Properties and uses of FOLDS equivalences
(Note the time and place: Tuesday morning at 11am till 12:30, at McGill, in Burnside Hall room 1234.)

Tuesday 24 May 2011

2:30 - 4:00   John Kennison
Coherent spaces and dynamical systems
(Note the time and place: Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, in Burnside Hall room 920.)

 

PLACE: BURNSIDE HALL 920, McGILL UNIVERSITY

(COOKIES AND COFFEE AFTER THE TALK, IN THE LOUNGE)

[For talks scheduled at 4pm, cookies and coffee will be at 3:30, before the talk.]

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Other seminars in Montreal
Ottawa Logic and Foundations of Computing Group
New York City Category Seminar
Upcoming Categorical meetings elsewhere

Past CTRC/CRTC seminars:
Seminars and abstracts from 1998-1999
Seminars and abstracts from 1999-2000
Octoberfest 99
Seminars and abstracts from 2000-2001
Seminars and abstracts from 2001-2002
Seminars and abstracts from 2002-2003
Seminars and abstracts from 2003-2004
Seminars and abstracts from 2004-2005
Octoberfest 04
Seminars and abstracts from 2005-2006
Seminars and abstracts from 2006-2007
Seminars and abstracts from 2007-2008
Octoberfest 08
Seminars and abstracts from 2008-2009
Seminars and abstracts from 2009-2010