Modul:   MAT075  Zurich Graduate Colloquium

What is... the arithmetic of curves and semistable reduction?

Vortrag von Robert Nowak

Datum: 17.09.24  Zeit: 16.30 - 17.30  Raum:

Let Y be an algebraic curve over a number field K of genus at least 1. The reduction behavior of Y to characteristic p>0 can be used to compute arithmetic invariants of the curve. In this talk we will introduce notions of good, bad, and semistable reduction and discuss their connection to the L-series and the conductor of the curve. In the special case of hyperelliptic curves and p = 2, we will study the minimal extension over which the curve attains semistable reduction and the automorphism groups of the special fiber.