University of Calgary

West End Number Theory Seminar (WENTS)

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 11:06am.

Toward a geometric construction of local reciprocity, concluded

Submitted by ccunning on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 4:27pm.
Apr 13 2012 - 10:00am
Apr 13 2012 - 11:00am
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Speaker: 

Clifton Cunningham, University of Calgary

Location: 
Bio Sci 540 B in Calgary, joint with UA and UBC

In this talk I will finish explaining how to convert any smooth character of Gm(K), where K is any non-Archimedean local field, into a local system on a group scheme naturally attached to Gm_K. 

Toward a geometric construction of local reciprocity, continued

Submitted by ccunning on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 4:11pm.
Mar 29 2012 - 3:10pm
Mar 29 2012 - 4:00pm
Clifton_at_Oberwolfach.jpg
Speaker: 

Clifton Cunningham, University of Calgary

Location: 
Bio Sci 540 B in Calgary, joint with UA and UBC

In this talk I will continue explaining how to convert any smooth character of Gm(K), where K is any non-Archimedean local field, into a local system on a group scheme naturally attached to Gm_K. 

Toward a geometric construction of local reciprocity

Submitted by ccunning on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 1:29pm.
Mar 22 2012 - 3:00pm
Mar 22 2012 - 4:00pm
Clifton_at_Oberwolfach.jpg
Speaker: 

Clifton Cunningham, University of Calgary.

Location: 
Bio Sci 540 B in Calgary; joint with UofA and UBC

In this talk I will explain how to convert any smooth character of Gm(K), where K is any non-Archimedean local field, into a local system on a group scheme naturally attached to Gm_K.

On the existence of local Weil groups, following Serre, concluded

Submitted by ccunning on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:07pm.
Mar 15 2012 - 3:00pm
Mar 15 2012 - 4:00pm
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Speaker: 

Paul Buckingham, University of Alberta

Location: 
Bio Sci 540 B in Calgary, joint with UA and UBC

The proof of the existence of the local fundamental class, concluded.

Distribution of values of irrational quadratic forms at integral points

Submitted by ccunning on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 12:08pm.
Mar 8 2012 - 4:00pm
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Speaker: 

Gregory Margulis
Yale University

Gregory Margulis, Yale University

Location: 
Bio Sci 540 B in Calgary; joint with UBC

I will talk about various asymptotic results related to the title.