Special year - math workshop

Date:
Mar
09
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

10:00am|Simonyi Hall 101

Sponsored by Dr. John P. Hempel 

Organizer: Jacob Tsimerman

We will focus on recent developments in Hodge theory, which has emerged as both a unifying framework and powerful tool for problems in arithmetic and unlikely intersections. The goal will...

Mar
09
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Ax-Schanuel and the Rank One Riemann-Hilbert Correspondence
10:45am|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: A result of Simpson characterizes subspaces that are (irreducible) algebraic varieties on both sides of the rank one Riemann-Hilbert correspondence. This result suggests an underlying Ax-Schanuel statement. In joint work with Jacob...

Mar
09
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

P-adic Families and Arithmetic
12:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: I will discuss the general strategy of studying arithmetic objects, such as p-adic Galois representations, L-values, and automorphic forms, as members of (p-adic) families and explain how this can make certain questions more accessible. In...

Mar
09
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Matroids and the Integral Hodge Conjecture for Abelian Varieties
Philip Engel
2:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: We will discuss a proof that the integral Hodge conjecture is false for a very general abelian variety of dimension ≥ 4. Associated to any regular matroid is a degeneration of principally polarized abelian varieties. We introduce a new...

Mar
09
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Galois Action on Higher etale Homotopy Groups
Alexander Petrov
4:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: Given an algebraic variety over a number field F, one can attach to it its etale cohomology groups, etale fundamental group, and higher etale homotopy groups, all equipped with an action of the absolute Galois group of F. The Galois action...

Mar
10
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Constructing Holomorphic Functions on Universal Coverings of Complex Algebraic Varieties
Yohan Brunebarbe
10:45am|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: Which complex analytic spaces can arise as the universal cover of a complex algebraic variety? Motivated by this question, Shafarevich asked whether the universal cover of a smooth projective variety X is always holomorphically convex —...

Mar
10
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

Heights of Gross-Schoen and Ceresa Cycles
2:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: In this talk, we construct a Zariski open dense locus in $M_g$ on which the Beilinson-Bloch height of the Gross-Schoen and Ceresa cycles is a Weil height, i.e. it has a lower bound and satisfies the Northcott property. This implies a...

Mar
10
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

A Syntomic Perspective on Integral Canonical Models
Alex Youcis
4:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: Since Langlands's earliest paper on his now famous program, canonical integral models of Shimura varieties have occupied a central role in modern number theory. Steady progress has been made in the intervening 50 years toward the correct...

Mar
11
2026

Workshop on Recent Developments in Hodge Theory and O-minimality

The Dynamical Schinzel-Zassenhaus Conjecture and the Transfinite Diameter of Trees
Philipp Habegger
10:45am|Simonyi Hall 101

Abstract: In 2019, Dimitrov proved the Schinzel-Zassenhaus Conjecture. Harry Schmidt and I extended his general strategy to cover some dynamical variants of this conjecture. One common tool in both results is Dubinin's Theorem on the transfinite...