Group Cohomology

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Group Cohomology

Semester
WiSe 2025 / 26

Lecturer
Sil Linskens

Type of course (Veranstaltungsart)
Seminar

German title
Gruppenkohomologie

Contents
In this seminar we will discuss the cohomology and homology of groups. We will emphasise both the
algebraic and topological approaches to this theory, and compute many examples. We will also see
some applications to the question: which groups act freely on a sphere?

Literature
K. Brown, Cohomology of groups. C. Löh, Group cohomology.

Recommended previous knowledge
Algebra II

Time/Date
Do 10-12

Location
M009

Course homepage
https://sites.google.com/view/sil-linskens/teaching/group-cohomology
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Registration

Organisational meeting/distribution of topics: Organisational meeting/distribution of topics:
Last week of the current semester, see the homepage for the exact time.
Registration for course work/examination/ECTS: FlexNow

Course work (Studienleistungen)

Presentation: Giving a seminar talk of roughly 90 minutes

Examination (Prüfungsleistungen)

Detailed written report of the seminar talk

Modules
BSem, MV, MSem

ECTS
4,5