Francis Brown
IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette
February 19, 2015 from 16:00 to 18:00 (Montreal/Miami time) On location
Colloquium presented by Francis Brown (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette)
After introducing an elementary criterion for a real number to be irrational, I will discuss Apery’s famous result proving the irrationality of zeta(3). Then I will give an overview of subsequent results in this field, and finally propose a simple geometric interpretation based on a classical dinner party game.
Address
CRM, UdeM, Pav. André-Aisenstadt, 2920, ch. de la Tour, room 6214