Mon, 02 Nov 2015

16:00 - 17:00

C2

The Arithmetic of K3 Surfaces

Christopher Nicholls

(Oxford)

Abstract

The study of rational points on K3 surfaces has recently seen a lot of activity. We discuss how to compute the Picard rank of a K3 surface over a number field, and the implications for the Brauer-Manin obstruction.