SMS scnews item created by Catherine Meister at Mon 25 May 2026 1137
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Expiry: 15 Jun 2026
Calendar1: 4 Jun 2026 1300-1400
CalLoc1: SMRI Seminar Room (A12 Macleay Room 301)
CalTitle1: Part 1
Calendar2: 4 Jun 2026 1500-1600
CalLoc2: SMRI Seminar Room (A12 Macleay Room 301)
CalTitle2: Part 2
Auth: cmeister@ac02gr132pn7c.shared.sydney.edu.au (cmei0631) in SMS-SAML

SMRI Seminar: Calegari

Periods and Irrationality

Frank Calegari, The University of Chicago

SMRI Seminar, Thursday 4th June 2026, 1 pm – 2 pm (Part 1) and 3 pm – 4 pm (Part 2), SMRI Seminar Room (A12 Macleay Room 301)

Abstract: We give a broad introduction to methods (old and new) to understand the arithmetic properties of "periods", a broad class of numbers (which we will define in the talk) including many of the most familiar constants in mathematics.

For seminar updates, see our What's On Calendar. Please join us after the seminar for the SMRI afternoon tea, every Thursday at 2 pm on the SMRI Terrace.