V5D4: Introduction to Microlocal Sheaf Theory
University of Bonn, Summer Semester 2026
- Room: N0.008, Endenicher Allee 60
- Time: Mondays, 10:15 – 11:45 (10:00 c.t.)
- Dates: April 13 to July 20
- Course description
Course Materials
I am writing notes for the class; upcoming content is available here:
Notes.
Handwritten notes from the first introductory lecture can be found
here. They largely overlap with my expository talks:
[1],
[2], and
[3].
Schedule
| # | Date | Contents |
|---|
| 1 | 4.13 | Introduction |
| 2 | 4.20 | A sketch of higher category theory |
| 3 | 4.27 | Limits and colimits; presentability |
| 4 | 5.04 | Anima-valued sheaves; stability |
| 5 | 5.10 | Spectra-valued sheaves; Lurie tensor product; Künneth formula |
| 6 | 5.18 | Covariant Verdier duality |
| 7 | 5.25 | Pfingsten holiday |
| 8 | 6.01 | Category of correspondences |
| 9 | 6.08 | Six-functor formalism over spectra |
| 10 | 6.15 | Six-functor formalism over general coefficients |
| 11 | 6.22 | Support and microsupport |
| 12 | 6.29 | Microsupport and compatilibty with six-functors |
| 13 | 7.06 | Guillermou-Kashiwara-Schapira sheaf quantization |
Oral Exams
Participants can choose one of the following dates:
- July 27 and 28
- September 16 and 17
A list of questions is now available here: Oral Exam.
Sign-up sheet will be available near the end of the semester.