NTS ABSTRACTSpring2024

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Jan 25

Jason Kountouridis

The monodromy of simple surface singularities in mixed characteristic

Given a smooth proper surface X over a $p$-adic field, it is a generally open problem in arithmetic geometry to relate the mod $p$ reduction of X with the monodromy action of inertia on the $\ell$-adic cohomology of X, the latter viewed as a Galois representation ($\ell \neq p$). In this talk, I will focus on the case of X degenerating to a surface with simple singularities, also known as rational double points. This class of singularities is linked to simple simply-laced Lie algebras, and in turn this allows for a concrete description of the associated local monodromy. Along the way we will see how Springer theory enters the picture, and we will discuss a mixed-characteristic version of some classical results of Artin, Brieskorn and Slodowy on simultaneous resolutions.

Feb 01

Brian Lawrence

Conditional algorithmic Mordell

Conditionally on the Fontaine-Mazur, Hodge, and Tate conjectures, there is an algorithm that finds all rational points on any curve of genus at least 2 over a number field. The algorithm uses Faltings's original proof of the finiteness of rational points, along with an analytic bound on the degree of an isogeny due to Masser and Wüstholz. (Work in progress with Levent Alpoge.)