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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Food for Thought

Elise Alvarez-Salazar

UCSD

On the Main Iwasawa Conjecture

Abstract:

In this talk, I will give an overview on how Iwasawa theory studies the growth of class numbers in Zp-extensions via Λ-modules and p-adic L-functions. Here Zdenotes the ring of p-adic integers. This type of work started with Kenkichi Iwasawa in the 1950s.

May 30, 2025

2:00 PM

APM 6402

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