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IGAP Special Lecture: Finite multiple zeta values and the poor man's adele ring
ICTP
Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall
Abstract:
The "poor man's adele ring" is the ring consisting of a number modulo p for all prime numbers p, with two collections being equal if they differ at only finitely many primes. This ring contains the rational numbers and analogues of many famous real numbers, such as Euler's constant or log 2. Much more interesting are various analogues of the classical multiple zeta values that have played a big role in many questions of mathematics and mathematical physics in recent years. These involve surprising and beautiful combinatorial relations which will be described.
The talk, which is divided into two parts, is meant for a general audience and will be entirely self-contained, without assuming any prior knowledge.
The work described is joint with Masanobu Kaneko of Kyushu University.
The "poor man's adele ring" is the ring consisting of a number modulo p for all prime numbers p, with two collections being equal if they differ at only finitely many primes. This ring contains the rational numbers and analogues of many famous real numbers, such as Euler's constant or log 2. Much more interesting are various analogues of the classical multiple zeta values that have played a big role in many questions of mathematics and mathematical physics in recent years. These involve surprising and beautiful combinatorial relations which will be described.
The talk, which is divided into two parts, is meant for a general audience and will be entirely self-contained, without assuming any prior knowledge.
The work described is joint with Masanobu Kaneko of Kyushu University.