Alexander Zahrer

Email: alexander.zahrer(at)proton.me

About Me

My mathematical interests revolve around the following subjects:

• Higher Category Theory
• Higher Algebra
• Derived Algebraic Geometry
• Stable Homotopy Theory
• Functorial Field Theories

Seminars

Two friends of mine (Lucy Grossman and Marcus Nicolas) and I are organizing seminars on subjects we find particularly interesting. The following seminars have taken place or are currently ongoing:

• Synthetic Seminar: (October 2024 - March 2025) A reading seminar focused on the upcoming book Formalization of Higher Categories
• Derived Seminar: (April 2025 - ongoing) A seminar following the book A Study in Derived Algebraic Geometry
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  Here you will find notes on talks I gave regarding the seminar thus far :)

  Link to notes

  Link to seminar outline

  If you are interested in joining our Discord server and participating in the seminar, do not hesitate to contact me via mail.

Writings

Master Thesis: Smooth Functorial Field Theory and the Geometric Cobordism Hypothesis