Unified synthetic Ricci curvature lower bounds for Riemannian and sub-Riemannian structures Barilari, D Mondino, A Rizzi, L
Thu, 09 May 2024

17:00 - 18:00
L3

Existentially closed valued difference fields

Jan Dobrowolski
(University of Manchester)
Abstract
I will report on a joint work in progress with F. Gallinaro and R. Mennuni in which we aim to understand the (non-elementary) class of existentially closed valued difference fields (of equicharacteristic zero). As our approach relies on our earlier results with Mennuni about automorphisms of ordered abelian groups, I will start by briefly overviewing those.
EXPONENTIAL ASYMPTOTICS USING NUMERICAL RATIONAL APPROXIMATION IN LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Lustri, C Crew, S Chapman, S The ANZIAM Journal volume 65 issue 4 285-307 (22 Apr 2024)
Thu, 13 Jun 2024

11:00 - 12:00
C3

The Ultimate Supercompactness Measure

Wojciech Wołoszyn
(University of Oxford)
Abstract

Solovay defined the inner model $L(\mathbb{R}, \mu)$ in the context of $\mathsf{AD}_{\mathbb{R}}$ by using it to define the supercompactness measure $\mu$ on $\mathcal{P}_{\omega_1}(\mathbb{R})$ naturally given by $\mathsf{AD}_{\mathbb{R}}$. Solovay speculated that stronger versions of this inner model should exist, corresponding to stronger versions of the measure $\mu$. Woodin, in his unpublished work, defined $\mu_{\infty}$ which is arguably the ultimate version of the supercompactness measure $\mu$ that Solovay had defined. I will talk about $\mu_{\infty}$ in the context of $\mathsf{AD}^+$ and the axiom $\mathsf{V} = \mathsf{Ultimate\ L}$.

https://woloszyn.org/

Thu, 06 Jun 2024

11:00 - 12:00
C3

Demushkin groups of infinite rank in Galois theory

Tamar Bar-On
(University of Oxford)
Abstract
Demushkin groups play an important role in number theory, being the maximal pro-$p$ Galois groups of local fields containing a primitive root of unity of order $p$. In 1996 Labute presented a generalization of the theory for countably infinite rank pro-$p$ groups, and proved that the $p$-Sylow subgroups of the absolute Galois groups of local fields are Demushkin groups of infinite countable rank. These results were extended by Minac & Ware, who gave necessary and sufficient conditions for Demushkin groups of infinite countable rank to occur as absolute Galois groups.
In a joint work with Prof. Nikolay Nikolov, we extended this theory further to Demushkin groups of uncountable rank. Since for uncountable cardinals, there exists the maximal possible number of nondegenerate bilinear forms, the class of Demushkin groups of uncountable rank is much richer, and in particular, the groups are not determined completely by the same invariants as in the countable case.  
Additionally, inspired by the Elementary Type Conjecture by Ido Efrat and the affirmative solution to Jarden's Question, we discuss the possibility of a free product over an infinite sheaf of Demushkin groups of infinite countable rank to be realizable as an absolute Galois group, and give a necessary and sufficient condition when the free product is taken over a set converging to 1.
Thu, 16 May 2024

11:00 - 12:00
C3

Basics of Globally Valued Fields and density of norms

Michał Szachniewicz
(University of Oxford)
Abstract

I will report on a joint work with Pablo Destic and Nuno Hultberg, about some applications of Globally Valued Fields (GVFs) and I will describe a density result that we needed, which turns out to be connected to Riemann-Zariski and Berkovich spaces.

Thu, 09 May 2024

11:00 - 12:00
C3

Skolem problem for several matrices

Emmanuel Breuillard
(University of Oxford)
Abstract

I will present a recent work with G. Kocharyan, where we show the undecidability of the following two problems: given a finitely generated subgroup G of GL(n,Q), a) determine whether G has a non-identity element whose (i,j) entry is equal to zero, and b) determine whether the stabilizer of a given vector in G is non-trivial. Undecidability of problem b) answers a question of Dixon from 1985. The proofs reduce to the undecidability of the word problem for finitely presented groups.

Wed, 08 May 2024

16:00 - 17:00
L6

The Morse local-to-global property

Davide Spriano
(University of Oxford)
Abstract

I'll talk about the Morse local-to-global property and try to convince you that is a good property. There are three reasons. Firstly, it is satisfied by many examples of interest. Secondly, it allows to prove many theorems. Thirdly, it sits nicely in the larger program of classifying groups up to quasi-isometry and it has connections with open questions.

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