Gerard van der Geer

Tid: On 2017-09-27 kl 15.15

Föreläsare: Gerard van der Geer, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands

Plats: Oskar Klein, Albanova

Schedule

14:00-15:00 Prelcolloquium by Stefano Marseglia in room 16, Kräftriket

15:15-16:15 Colloquium lecture by Gerard van der Geer in Room Oskar Klein, AlbaNova

16:15-17:00 SMC social get together with refreshments 

Abstract

Modular forms play an important role in modern mathematics connecting
analysis, number theory and geometry. In this talk I intend to explain what
modular forms are and how they are connected with Riemann surfaces or
algebraic curves. I intend to show that classical invariant theory yields
an effective way to construct modular forms of higher genus.
My research on modular forms is joint work with Bergström, Clery and Faber.