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Dr. Arturo Pianzola (PhD) is a professor in the Faculty of Science of the University of Alberta.

Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium

The language of forms (understanding what a straight line is)

Event

Date: Friday, Feb. 16
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Physics Building Room 165, 116 Science Pl., Saskatoon

Free and open to the public

About this event

A talk by Dr. Arturo Pianzola (PhD) of the University of Alberta, hosted by the USask Department of Mathematics and Statistics

One of the most recurrent themes in geometry is the study of objects that locally look the same. I will explain, mainly via examples and in non-technical terms, how the concept of "locally look the same" has evolved through time (mostly through some beautiful ideas of J.-P. Serre and of A. Grothendieck). Somehow surprisingly, this journey can start by raising a very innocent question: What is a straight line? The talk will be accessible to a general audience.

Info: colloquium@math.usask.ca


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