$\vec{w}h\alpha\mathfrak{t}\;\; i\mathbb{S}\ldots$

a zeta function?


Who?
Nicholas Schmidt (HU Berlin)
When?
2022/05/21, 12:30
Before the BMS Friday talk by Prof. Marcus du Sautoy
Where?
Urania Berlin, at the BMS Loft
About what?

Riemann, Dedekind, Hecke, Artin, Selberg, Ruelle,... the list of names associated to "zeta functions" is long, nearly as long the list of objects to which zeta functions have been attached, ranging from number fields over riemannian manifolds to partially ordered sets, dynamical systems and — finally — groups.

This talk will try to give a conceptual answer to the question "what is a zeta function" by "categorifying" Dirichlet series, and to look at some recurring themes connecting various kinds of zeta functions.