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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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RTG Colloquium (Inaugural Lecture)

Benedict Gross

Harvard University and UCSD

Does the L-function of an algebraic curve over Q satisfy a functional equation?

Abstract:

In this talk, I will propose a refinement of the Langlands correspondence in the case of curves, or more generally symplectic Galois representations. Langlands conjectures that to such a representation one can attach a generic automorphic representation of an odd orthogonal group. I will show that every such representation has a distinguished line. The hope is that the properties of the resulting new form will make it easier to test the general conjecture computationally.

Hosts: Algebra/Algebraic Geometry/Number Theory RTG group

February 18, 2016

2:00 PM

AP&M 6402

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