Periods in Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry and Physics
Trimester Program
January 3 - April 20, 2018
Organizers: Spencer Bloch (Chicago), Herbert Gangl (Durham), Vasily Golyshev (Moscow), Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (Trieste), Don Zagier (Bonn)
The word "period" is used to designate any number represented by the integral of an algebraic differential form over a cycle in an algebraic variety over 
(or 
). These include many numbers of interest in number theory and mathematical physics (multiple zeta values, Mahler measures, superstring amplitudes, ...), and also have deep connections with special values of motivic L-functions.
The trimester will be divided into five "activities", each concentrating on one topic and including one or several introductory courses, and also three one-week workshops featuring lectures on current work:
- Motives and Periods (Jan 3 - Jan 14)
Workshop: Periods and Regulators (Jan 15 - Jan 19) - Regulators (Jan 20 - Feb 4)
- Amplitudes (Feb 5 - Feb 25)
Workshop: Amplitudes and Periods (Feb 26 - Mar 2) - Picard-Fuchs Equations and Geometry (Mar 3 - Mar 25)
Workshop: Picard-Fuchs Equations and Hypergeometric Motives (Mar 26 - Mar 30) - Hypergeometric Motives (Mar 31 - Apr 20)
Those planning to participate include:
Yves André, Joseph Ayoub, Alexander Beilinson, David Broadhurst, Francis Brown, José Burgos Gil, Henri Cohen, Christopher Deninger, Charles Doran, Hélène Esnault, Javier Fresán, Alexander Goncharov, Benedict Gross, Richard Hain, Annette Huber-Klawitter, Matt Kerr, Dirk Kreimer, Marc Levine, Steve Lichtenbaum, Madhav Nori, Dinakar Ramakrishnan, David Roberts, Jan Stienstra, Tomohide Terasoma, Pierre Vanhove, Wadim Zudilin
The trimester program is supported by the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. We are grateful for this support.