Speaker: Carl Wang-Erickson, University of Pittsburgh

Title: p-adicity

Abstract: For each prime number p, there is an alternative notion of distance between rational numbers known as the p-adic metric. In this talk we introduce the p-adic metric and p-adic numbers by way of comparison and contrast with the usual Archimedean metric and the real numbers. After a summary of some of the influences of these notions on mathematics today, we will conclude with a discussion of the development of a p-adic perspective on the Riemann zeta function.

Link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/94646948564

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