Variations of Kummer's conjecture

Speaker: Dr Marilyn Reece Myers (UCD)

Time: 4:00PM

Date: Wed 5th March 2008

Location: Mathematical Sciences Seminar Room

Abstract
In 1851 Kummer conjectured a formula for the asymptotic growth of ratios of class numbers of cyclotomic fields. We will discuss what is known about Kummer's Conjecture and how it may be generalised.

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(This talk is part of the K-Theory, Quadratic Forms and Number Theory series.)