As of October 2024 I am organizing a reading seminar on rational homotopy theory at SISSA. The main references will be Rational Homotopy Theory by Félix, Halperin and Thomas and Rational Homotopy Theory by Quillen. Other sources will be provided and discussed along the way.

Schedule

• Friday October 18th, 2024, 14:00-16:00 (Room 128).
  Speaker: Emanuele Pavia. Topic: Recollections on CW-complexes and homotopy groups. (Notes)

• Friday October 25th, 2024, 14:00-16:00 (Room 128).
  Speaker: Valentina Bais. Topic: Differential graded (co)algebras and the normalized singular chain complex of a topological space. (Notes)

• Monday October 28th, 2024, 11:00-13:00 (Room 128).
  Speaker: Oliviero Malech. Topic: Pairs, excision, Hurewicz homomorphism and Eilenberg-MacLane spaces.

• Tuesday November 12th, 2024, 16:00-18:00 (Room 128).
  Speaker: Luca Morstabilini. Topic: Singular cochain complexes and semifree resolutions.

• Tuesday November 19th, 2024, 16:00-18:00 (Room 128).
  Speaker: Giordano Crimi. Topic: P-local and rational spaces. (Notes)

• Tuesday November 26th, 2024, 16:00-18:00 (Room 128).
  Speaker: TBA. Topic: Sullivan models.