Speaker: Mark Kisin (Harvard University)

Time: Friday, May 15, 16:00—17:00

Venue: Room 77201 at #78 courtyard, BICMR

Abstract:
The Grothendieck-Katz p-curvature conjecture predicts the topological monodromy of an arithmetic differential equation in terms of its reductions modulo finite primes. The conjecture is still open, but attempts to solve it have repeatedly produced beautiful mathematics, and some striking partial results. In this talk, I will try to give a sense of what the conjecture is about and survey some of the progress towards it.