Seminar: Pierre Lochak - A historical introduction to Grothendieck-Teichmüller theory (Jan 28, 2026)

Speaker: Pierre Lochak (Sorbonne Université)
Title: A historical introduction to Grothendieck-Teichmüller theory
Time: January 28, Wednesday, 2026 at 19:00 (Istanbul LT), 19:30 (Tehran LT), 21:30 (Allahabad LT)
Place: Online
Meeting ID: 997 1547 1656
Passcode: 848084​​​​​​​
Abstract: Starting with the statement of Belyi's theorem, I will explain how Grothendieck-Teichmüller theory was born, then move to a (necessarily incomplete) exposition of its main tenets, the already existing results and the main conjectures.