Babytop

Student seminar in topology

Fall 2004






Mike Hill
Baby Bockstein Spectral Sequences and the Higher Real K-theories

Abstract:

In this talk, I will show how to compute the Adams Spectral Sequence E_2 term computing the p-local homotopy of the "spectrum" eo_n where n=p-1. The Bockstein spectral sequence computations will be sketched fairly fully for the case p=5, and the necessary changes required to make statements true will also be addressed. Finally, time permitting, we will discuss how much of the game can be played in reverse to give multiplicative generators on the 0-line without any real knowledge of the bar complex.