The P-adic People Seminar
308 Southwick, 3pm Wednesdays
Spring 2026
Organizers contact: Stephanie Atherton and Billy Wehring
p-adic Analysis Compared with Real
will guide our learning seminar this semester. We intend to generally follow the contents of the above book recommended by UML's own Prof. Beke, and explore various perspectives of p-adics!
And our seminar schedule below!
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 1/23 | Organizational Meet/Greet | Stephanie/Billy |
| 1/28 | Intro to P-Adics I | Billy |
| 2/4 | Intro to P-Adics II | Billy |
| 2/11 | The Arithmetic and Algebra of Qp and Zp | Stephanie |
| 2/18 | Hensel's Theorem I | Billy |
| 2/25 | Hensel's Theorem II | Billy |
| N/A | MIDTERMS | N/A |
| N/A | SPRING BREAK | N/A |
| 3/18 | Introducing P-adic Power Series | Stephanie |
| 3/25 | P-Adic Geo Part I | Guest Speaker: Gabriel Ong (Bonn) |
| 4/1 | P-Adic Geo Part II | Guest Speaker: Gabriel Ong (Bonn) |
| 4/8 | Basic Topology towards the Baire Category Theorem for P-adics | Devon |
| 4/15 | Continuity and Locally Constant Functions | Devon |
| 4/22 | TBD | Billy |
| 4/29 | Algebraic Implications of Valuations | Stephanie |
| N/A | FINALS | N/A |
For a more detailed syllabus, see here.We also encourage you to check out Ravi Vakil's "Three Things " Exercise for getting things out of talks!