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Student Number Theory: The S-unit equation

Alex Sheng
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
2:30-3:30 PM
3088 East Hall Map
Abstract: Lawrence and Venkatesh (2020) gave a new proof of Faltings’s theorem based on the geometric control of p-adic Galois representations via p-adic period maps and monodromy. In this talk, I will outline their approach through a toy case—the S-unit equation—where the relevant monodromy computation can be made explicit using a modified Legendre family.
Building: East Hall
Event Type: Workshop / Seminar
Tags: Mathematics
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Student Number Theory Seminar - Department of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics