Mathematical Conversations

The ABC conjecture, Belyi's theorem and applications

We will present the ABC conjecture, Belyi's mapping theorem and explain how they combine into a powerful tool for diophantine problems, following the ideas of Elkies, Bombieri, Granville, Langevin. Finally we will speculate a bit about the function field case.

Date & Time

March 25, 2015 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Location

Dilworth Room

Affiliation

Member, School of Mathematics

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