Algebra and Number Theory Day: Laura DeMarco (Harvard)

Gilman Hall 132

Title: From Manin–Mumford to Dynamical Rigidity.Abstract:  In the early 1980s, Raynaud proved a theorem (the Manin–Mumford Conjecture) about the geometry of torsion points in abelian varieties, using number-theoretic methods.  Around […]

Algebra and Number Theory Day: Alexander Petrov (MIT)

Gilman Hall 132

Title: Characteristic classes of p-adic local systems.Abstract: A useful tool in studying vector bundles on topological spaces or algebraic varieties is characteristic classes in cohomology, such as Chern classes. For vector […]

Algebra and Number Theory Day: Mihnea Popa (Harvard)

Gilman Hall 132

Title: Hodge symmetries of singular varieties.Abstract: The Hodge diamond of a smooth projective complex variety contains essential topological and analytic information, including fundamental symmetries provided by Poincaré and Serre duality. I […]