Speaker:
Chris Davis
Institution:
UC Irvine
Time:
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 2:00pm
Location:
RH 440R
(p-typical) Witt vectors provide a way to go from characteristic p to characteristic zero. For instance, if we apply the Witt vector functor to the field with p elements, we get the ring of p-adic integers. A whole
talk could be devoted to the p-adic integers and why they are important, but instead I will focus on general properties of Witt vectors and techniques for working with them.