Proseminar schedule

For this quarter and the next, the proseminars will be on the following two topics: Factorization Homology (mostly on Wednesdays) and Goodwillie Calculus (mostly on Thursdays).
Here are the syllabi: Factorization Homology, Goodwillie Calculus.
Unless otherwise specified, the proseminar meets from 2:30pm to 3:30pm on Wednesdays and 3:40pm to 4:40pm on Thursdays in Eckhart 203.

Date	Speaker	Topic
Jan 10	Nick	Descent [Notes]
Jan 16	Dylan	An overview of factorization homology
Jan 17	Foling	Quillen's Theorems A and B [Notes]
Jan 23	Weinan	An overview of Goodwillie calculus
Jan 24	Hana	Higher Seifert-van Kampen theorem [Notes]
Feb 6	Oliver	Excisive functors and spectra
Feb 7	Yutao	Categories of n-disks
Feb 13	TBD	Definition and construction of Pn
Feb 14	TBD	Symmetric monoidal infinity categories
Feb 20	TBD	Classification of n-homogeneous functors
Feb 21	TBD	Infinity operads, briefly
Feb 27	TBD	Cross-effects and derivatives
Feb 28	TBD	n-Disk algebras
Mar 6	TBD	Johnson’s theorem
Mar 7	TBD	A discrete model forn-Disk algebras
Mar 13	TBD	Bar-Cobar duality
Mar 14	TBD	Definition(s) of factorization homology and first properties