- Clément Dupont, Université de Montpellier
- On periods and their Galois theory (note unusual time!)
- 01/26/2022
- 12:40 PM - 1:40 PM
- Online (virtual meeting)
(Virtual Meeting Link)
- Preston Wake (wakepres@msu.edu)
I will give a leisurely introduction to the modern study of periods via the cohomology of algebraic varieties and the theory of motives. Many examples will be given, with a particular focus on the idea of a Galois theory of periods that generalizes the classical Galois theory of algebraic numbers. If time allows, I will review work in progress (with Francis Brown, Javier Fresán, and Matija Tapušković) on the Galois theory of algebraic Mellin transforms — or maybe just the beta function.
