Connections and curvature 4: Chern-Weil theory
Channel: Timothy Hosgood
Date: 2020-06-03

To wrap up this series, we take a look at how we can work up from the Euler characteristic to the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. I also find a way to talk a little bit about my thesis (of course).
(prerequisites: some differential geometry, I suppose)

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Given that I'd already made a slideshow for a graduate seminar that I spoke at, I thought I'd (very roughly) record the talk and split it up into smaller parts.

The work presented here has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 768679).