Welcome to the BU number theory expository seminar, Spring 2020!
The topic is: Abhyankar's conjecture
If you have any corrections or additions for this webpage, just email me (Alex).
Time : Monday 11.15am-12.45pm (room is booked till 1.15 for extended discussion, but talks should aim for an hour and a half)
Place : PSY B37 to socially distance we now meet online via Zoom, please contact me if you would like to be added to the mailing list and receive the Zoom links for future weeks.
Seeing as this topic was lovingly stolen from a seminar in Berlin I have copied their plan for now, which we can adjust later to add background and explore topics that interest us.
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/1 | 1. Introduction | Alex | (show) | (notes) |
| 3/2 | 2. Ramification of curves | John | (show) | (notes) |
| 10/2 | 3. A cohomological interlude | Ricky | (show) | (notes) |
| 18/2 | 4. Serre’s proof in the solvable case | Angus | (show) | (notes) |
| 24/2 | 5. Rigid analytic spaces | Aash | (show) | |
| 2/3 | 6. Coherent modules and rigid analytic GAGA | Aash | (show) | |
| 9/3 | No seminar; Spring "break" | (show) | ||
| 16/3 | 7. Raynaud’s generic fiber | John | (show) | (notes) |
| 23/3 | 8. Formal patching | Ricky | (show) | |
| 30/3 | 9. Raynaud’s proof I | Angus | (show) | |
| 6/4 | 10. Raynaud’s proof II | Alex | (show) | |
| 13/4 | 11. Raynaud’s proof II 1/2 | Aash | (show) | |
| 22/4 | 12. Raynaud’s proof III | Alex | (show) | (notes) |
| 27/4 | 13. Raynaud’s proof IV | Angus | (show) |
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