This is the website for the Caltech Number Theory Learning Seminar. This is a weekly seminar intended to understand Lawrence and Venkatesh's proof of the Mordell Conjecture. Each week, a speaker will present on a topic. Here is the outline (PDF).
If you would like to be added to the seminar mailing list, send an email to me.
The seminar is scheduled to meet 3:00-4:30 PM Fridays in 255 Linde Hall.

Schedule (3:00-4:30 PM Fridays, 255 Linde Hall)

Date	Speaker	Topic	Notes (PDF)
April 12	Roy Zhao	Comparison of Faltings' Theorems Proofs	PDF
April 19	Roy Zhao	The Gauss–Manin Connection and Complex Period Morphism	PDF
April 26	Roy Zhao	Algebraic de Rham Cohomology	PDF
May 3	Yuxin Lin	Crystalline Cohomology	PDF
May 8 (4:00 PM)	Yuxin Lin	p-adic Hodge Theory Basics
May 22 (4:00 PM)	Yu Fu	The p-adic Period Morphism
May 29 (4:00 PM)	Roy Zhao	The S-unit Equation
May 31	Roy Zhao	Proof of Faltings' Theorem

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