IGAP Special Lecture 14 April at 14:00 and 15:30 - Finite multiple zeta values and the poor man's adele ring (Don Zagier)

[ICTP Math Section]

*IGAP Special Lecture*

*Speaker:* Don Zagier (MPI, Bonn - ICTP-IGAP)

*Date and Venue*: Tuesday 14 April at 14:00 and at 15:30 - ICTP Leonardo 
Building Euler Lecture Hall

*Title:* Finite multiple zeta values and the poor man's adele ring

*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.

All are welcome to join.

https://indico.ictp.it/event/11324/


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