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Algebra Seminar

Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 3:15pm

Minhyong Kim

University of Oxford, UK

Location

University of Pennsylvania

DRL 3C6

NOTE TIME & CLASSROOM CHANGE ! ! ! Tea will be served at 3 PM in the Math Lounge, 4th floor.

In recent years, some speculations have arisen surrounding the possibility of applying ideas of quantum field theory to number theory following the pattern of quantum-field-theoretic geometry and topology. This talk will describe some preliminary investigations, especially the relation of simple path integrals in number theory to classical invariants.