Brauer–Manin obstructions on K3 surfaces

Date(s): Wednesday 4th December 2024 (15:00-16:00)
Contact: Event Convenor Contact: Hamid.Abban@nottingham.ac.uk
Description: Speaker's Name: Rachel Newton
Speaker's Affiliation: King's College London
Speaker's Research Theme(s): Pure Mathematics,
Abstract:
I will describe some local-global principles used in the study of rational points on algebraic varieties, and the Brauer–Manin obstruction which can explain failures of these local-global principles. I will then discuss some joint work with Martin Bright concerning the primes playing a role in the Brauer–Manin obstruction for varieties with torsion-free geometric Picard group, such as K3 surfaces.

Venue: Physics C04

School of Mathematical Sciences

The University of Nottingham
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Nottingham, NG7 2RD

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