Special Year Seminar - Math

Date:
Feb
19
2026

Special Year Research Seminar

Bi-\bar{Q}-structure on Shimura Varieties and Quadratic Relations Between CM Period
1:00pm|Simonyi 101

In this talk I will introduce a bi-\bar{Q}-structure on Shimura varieties, propose a hyperbolic analytic subspace conjecture (analogue of Wüstholz’s analytic subgroup theorem in this context), and explain its consequence on quadratic relations...

Feb
25
2026

Special Year Learning Seminar

A Vanishing Theorem for O-minimal Curves
Spencer Dembner
2:00pm|Simonyi 101

Every o-minimal structure determines a collection of "tame" or "definable" subsets of $bbR^n$. We can then ask about the fragment of complex geometry present in the structure: Which holomorphic functions are definable, and which spaces are cut out...

Feb
26
2026

Special Year Research Seminar

Tori in Positive Characteristic
1:00pm|Simonyi 101

I will discuss questions pertaining to geometric unlikely intersections and transcendence in the setting of torii in positive characteristic. This is based on work in progress joint with Anup Dixit, Philip Engel, and Ruofan Jiang.