Description
Number Theory seminar.
Speaker: Dinesh Thakur.
Affiliation: Rochester University.
Date and Time: Friday 22 November, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm.
Venue: Ramanujan Hall, Department of Mathematics.
Title: What should pi, e, zeta(3), Gamma(1/7) be, if integers are replaced
by polynomials?
Abstract: In this talk, which should be accessible to all undergraduates,
we will explain the title, and explain how number theory understands
interesting numbers and relations between them by building appropriate
mathematical structures, from algebra, geometry, analysis.