Number theory

Date: 
Mon, 02/11/201516:00-17:45
Repeats every week every Monday until Sun Nov 22 2015 except Mon Nov 16 2015
Location: 
Ross Building, room 70, Jerusalem, Israel
Title: Towards Chabauty-Kim loci for the polylogarithmic quotient over an arbitrary number field Abstract: Let K be a number field and let S be an open subscheme of Spec O_K. Minhyong Kim has developed a method for bounding the set of S-valued points on a hyperbolic curve X over S; his method opens a new avenue in the quest for an "effective Mordell conjecture". But although Kim's approach has lead to the construction of explicit bounds in special cases, the problem of realizing the potential effectivity of his methods remains a difficult and beautiful open problem. In the case of the thrice punctured line, this problem may be approached via the methods of mixed Tate motives. Using these methods we are able to describe an algorithm; its output upon halting is provably the set of integral points, while its halting depends on conjectures.