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SUMMARY:Massey Products in Topology and Algebra
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Federico Scavia\, Uni. Of California \nSeminar in Mathematics\
 nAbstract:\n The Borromean rings are three interlinked circles such that 
 no two circles are linked: if we cut or remove one of the circles\, the ot
 her two fall apart. Massey products are an algebraic manifestation of this
  phenomenon. Born as part of Algebraic Topology\, they have now made a sur
 prising appearance in Number Theory and Galois Theory. The Massey Vanishin
 g Conjecture of Minac and Tan predicts that all Massey products in the Gal
 ois cohomology of a field vanish as soon as they are defined. In this talk
 \, I will give an informal introduction to Massey products in Topology and
  Galois Theory\, and then describe recent progress on the Massey Vanishing
  Conjecture\, joint with Alexander Merkurjev.\n 
LOCATION:GA 3 21 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==GA%203%2021 https://epfl.zoom
 .us/j/63020467171
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