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Explore a four-part lecture series delving into the intersection of algebraic K-theory and chromatic homotopy theory, examining how spectra can be organized into periodic families through chromatic homotopy theory while investigating algebraic K-theory as a cohomological invariant of rings. Learn about foundational theorems from Thomason, Mitchell, and Hesselholt-Madsen, and discover how recent work has proven several of Rognes and Ausoni-Rognes' "redshift" conjectures. Progress through topics including an introduction to chromatic homotopy theory, descent and "soft redshift," the Lichtenbaum-Quillen property ("hard redshift"), and conclude with an examination of the telescope conjecture, which was recently settled in the negative by Burklund-Hahn-Levy-Schlank using insights from this field.
