ICMS Associated Meeting
Workshop on Noncommutative Localization in Algebra and Topology
Edinburgh, 29 and 30 April 2002
Scientific Programme
Lectures will start on the morning of Monday 29 April and finish on the afternoon of Tuesday 30 April.Timetable
| Monday 29 April | |
| 0900 - 1000 | Registration |
| 1000 - 1100 | P.M.Cohn (UCL,
UK) Localization in general rings |
| 1100 - 1130 | Coffee |
| 1130 - 1230 | H.Reich
(Muenster, Germany) Noncommutative localization, L2-Betti numbers and group von Neumann algebras |
| 1230 - 1500 | Lunch |
| 1500 - 1530 | O.Laudal (Oslo,
Norway) Localizations and the structure of finitely generated algebras |
| 1530 - 1630 | Tea |
| 1630 - 1730 | A.Schofield
(Bristol, UK) Universal localization and algebraic geometry |
| 1730 - 1900 | Wine and Cheese reception |
| Tuesday 30 April | |
| 1000 - 1100 | D.Sheiham (UCR,
USA) Whitehead groups of localizations |
| 1100 - 1130 | Coffee |
| 1130 - 1230 | A.Neeman (ANU,
Australia) Generalising Thomason's localization theorem to noncommutative rings |
| 1230 - 1500 | Lunch |
| 1500 - 1530 | J.Beachy (NIU, USA & Glasgow, UK) Construction of quotient modules |
| 1530 - 1630 | Tea |
| 1630 - 1730 | A.Ranicki
(Edinburgh, UK) Noncommutative localization and manifold transversality |
| 1930 | Dinner (optional) |