School of Mathematics Colloquium

Are L-functions able to solve Diophantine equations ? - An introduction to (non-commutative) Iwasawa theory.

Name: Are L-functions able to solve Diophantine equations ? - An introduction to (non-commutative) Iwasawa theory.
Start: 2010-03-11T16:00:00+05:30
End: 2010-03-11T17:00:00+05:30
Location: Colaba Campus

by Prof. Otmar Venjakob (Mathematisches Institut, Universitat Heidelberg, Germany)

Thursday 11 Mar 2010, 16:00 → 17:00 Asia/Kolkata

AG-69 (Colaba Campus)

AG-69

Colaba Campus

Description

Starting from old problems in diophantine geometry, we first try to explain how Iwasawa was motivated to develop classical Iwasawa theory. Then we describe the generalisations towards non-commutative Iwasawa theory and we shall make some comments on known results.