Pure Undergraduate seminar 1   Spring 2024

In the Spring Undergraduate seminar the participants  studying through recommended books. Topics: (Reference for questions)

1. Algebraic Topology: A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Chapter 2 and 3. (Prof. Shi Wang)
2. Hodge Theory: Claire Voisin, Hodge Theory and Complex Algebraic Geometry I, Chapter 5 to 8 (Prof. Ziyuan Ding)
3. Algebraic number theory and local class field theory: J. Neukirch, Algebraic number theory, Chapter 2 to 5,  J.-P. Serre, Local fields, as a related reference, (Prof. Daniel Skodlerack) 
4. Smooth representation theory and local Langlands: Bushnell-Henniart, Local Langlands for GL(2) (Prof. Daniel Skodlerack)
5. Non-linear dispersive equations: J. Duoandikoetxea, Fourier Analysis, Chapter 1 to 5, Chapter 8; and T. Tao,, Nonlinear dispersive equations, Chapter 1 to 3 (Prof. Haitian Yue)

The students give a regular report on their reading.

Tuesdays 6pm-7:40pm, IMS S507 Starting at March the 5th. 

Talks: 

1. March 5th: Report on reading on p-adic numbers, Topic 3. "Non-Archimedian valuations and completions" (Yulun Wu)
2. March 12th on Topic 1: Section 3.1.1 "Cohomology groups and the Universal Coeffiecient Theorem" (Yiyang Gong)
3. March 19th on Topic 2: Chapter 5 "Harmonic forms and Cohomology" (Yutong Li)
4. March 26th on Topic 3 (related): "Mordell's Theorem" (Jiande Zhang)
5. April 2nd on Topic 5: "Fourier transform and Sobolev spaces" (Liang Shang)
6. April 9th on Topic 3: "Extending p-adic absolute value on finite extensions of Q_p and normed vector spaces". (Yulun Wu)
7. April 16th on Topic 1:  Section 3.1.2: "Cohomology of spaces" (Yiyang Gong)
8. April 23rd on Topic 2: Chapter 6 "Hodge theory in Case of Kähler manifolds" (Yutong Li)