Colloquium - Wanlin Li

Date: January 24, 2022

Time: 11:30AM - 12:30PM

Location: ZOOM

Speaker: Wanlin Li, CRM-ISM

Description:
Title: Algebraic/Arithmetic properties of curves and Galois cohomology
Abstract: A lot of the algebraic and arithmetic information of a curve is contained in its interaction with the Galois group. This draws inspiration from topology, where given a family of curves over a base B, the fundamental group of B acts on the cohomology of the fiber. As an arithmetic analogue, given an algebraic curve C defined over a non-algebraically closed field K, the absolute Galois group of K acts on the etale cohomology of the geometric fiber and this action gives rise to various Galois cohomology classes. In this talk, we discuss how to use these classes to detect algebraic/arithmetic properties of the curve, such as the rational points (following Grothendieck's section conjecture), whether the curve is hyperelliptic, and the set of ``supersingular'' primes.