Speaker: Vijayakumar Murty
Date: December 04, 2024
Affiliation: University of Toronto

Abstract: The values of the Riemann $\zeta$ function at odd positive integers remains an engima. Euler conjectured that $\zeta(3)$ should be a polynomial in $\log(2)$ and $\pi$ with rational coefficients. In joint work with Payman Eskandari, we show that this conjecture is inconsistent with Grothendieck's period conjecture for mixed motives.