School of Mathematical Sciences

Galois groups of low degree points on curves

Date(s)
Wednesday 5th February 2025 (14:00-15:00)
Contact
Event Convenor Contact: nikolaos.diamantis@nottingham.ac.uk
Description
Speaker's Name: Samir Siksek
Speaker's Affiliation: Warwick
Speaker's Research Theme(s): Pure Mathematics,
Abstract:
Low degree points on curves have been subject of intense study for several decades, but little attention has been paid to the Galois groups of those points. In this talk we recall primitive group actions, and focus on low degree points whose Galois group is primitive. We shall see that such points are relatively rare, and that they interfere with each other. This talk is based on joint work with Maleeha Khawaja.

Venue: Physics C05

School of Mathematical Sciences

The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

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