Title: A whirlwind tour of complex cobordism in chromatic homotopy theory

Abstract: Complex cobordism is a surprisingly powerful cohomology theory with deep connections to classical questions in stable homotopy theory and the theory of formal groups in algebraic geometry. In this talk we will attempt to introduce these connections and some of the most important theorems regarding complex cobordism without getting bogged down in the technicalities (ie. expect few proofs or even precise definitions).

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