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Past Events
Programme on Quadratic forms, Linear algebraic groups and Galois
cohomology, December 30, 2008 - January 4, 2009
This programme is for a meeting of mathematicians working on linear
algebraic groups, quadratic forms and related topics.
The bulk of the conference will consist of 6 series of lectures each
centered on one topic. There will also be a few specialized high level
research talks.
The Organizing Committee
- J.-L. Colliot-Thelene (CNRS, Orsay, France)
- Skip Garibaldi (Emory University, USA)
- R. Sujatha (TIFR, India)
- V. Suresh (University of Hyderabad, India).
Series of lectures
1. Serre's conjecture II over function fields in two variables over an
algebraically closed field, deformation techniques. Lecturer: Max Lieblich
(Princeton, USA)
2. Unramified cohomology, with special attention to the u-invariant of
function fields of curves over a p-adic field. Lecturer : Eric Brussel
(Atlanta, USA)
3. Interplay between algebraic K-theory, quadratic forms and homogeneous
spaces : Rost's degree formula, Chow group of zero-cycles, essential
dimension. Lecturer : Nikita Karpenko (Paris, France).
4. Invariants of involutions. Lecturer : Jean-Pierre Tignol (Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium)
5. Witt groups of varieties, purity problems. Lecturer : Kirill
Zainoulline (Munich, Germany)
6. Chow groups of zero-cycles. Lecturer : Shuji Saito (Tokyo, Japan)
We expect about 50 participants (both national and international together)
for the programme. We
hope to cover the travel expenses of a few international participants and
all national participants and local hospitality for all participants.
More about the Programme
The algebraic theory of quadratic forms has seen enormous progress in the
last century, culmination in the celebrated work of Voevodsky on the
Milnor Conjecture, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal in 2002.
Closely interwoven with this theory are the connections with the study of
linear algebraic groups and Galois cohomology. The new developments in
these areas provide fertile grounds for further research investigations.
India has contributed significantly to research in these areas in the last
30 years. It seems appropriate at this juncture to have an intensive
programme on results in these areas, which will expose the younger
students to the ground covered so far and also initiate them to open
problems in these areas.
List of Participants 1
Anthonu Bak (Germany)
2 V. Balaji (India)
3 Karim Becher (Germany)
4 Jean Barge (France)
5 Pabitra Barik (India)
6 S.M. Bhatwadekar (India)
7 Eric Brussel (USA)
8 Philippe Cassou-Nagues (France)
9 Anne Cortella (France)
10 R. Cowsik (India)
11 C. S. Dalawat (INdia)
12 S.G. Dani (India)
13 Mrinal Kranti Das (India)
14 Shripad M. Garge (India)
15 P. Gille (France)
16 David Grimm (germany)
17 Julia Hartmann (Germany)
18 Olivier Haution (France)
19 D. Hoffmann (UK)
20 Amit K. (India)
21 B. Kahn (France)
22 Nikita Karpenko (France)
23 S. Khanduja (India)
24 Daniel Krashen (USA)
25 Boris Kunyavski (Israel)
26 Max Lieblich (USA)
27 Kelly McKinnie (USA)
28 D.S.Nagaraj (India) 29 I. Panin (Russia)
30 R. Parimala (USA)
31 I.B. Passi (India)
32 Gopal Prasad (USA)
33 S. Parvathi
34 S.K. Pattanayak (India)
35 Anne Queguiner (France)
36 M.S. Raghunathan (India)
37 Preeti Raman (India)
38 S. Ramanan (India)
39 H.N. Ramaswamy (India)
40 Ravi Rao (India)
41 Shuji Saito (Japan)
42 D. Saltman (USA)
43 C. Scheiderer (Germany)
44 B. A. Sethuraman (USA)
45 C.S. Seshadri (India)
46 Parvati Shastri (India)
47 Parvin Sinclair (India)
48 Ramesh Sreekantan (India)
49 R. Sridharan (India)
50 Alex Steinmetz (France)
51 T. Szamuely (Hungary)
52 Jean-Pierre Tignol (Belgium)
53 Rohith Varma (India)
54 A. Vishik (UK)
55 Kirill Zainoulline (Germany)
56 Maksim Zhykhovich (France) |
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