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DESCRIPTION:Title: An introduction to rigid local systems\n\nAbstract: A re
 presentation of a group G is said to be rigid\, if it cannot be continuous
 ly deformed to a non-isomorphic representation. If G happens to be the fun
 damental group of a complex projective manifold\, rigid representations ar
 e conjectured (by Carlos Simpson) to be of geometric origin. In this talk 
 I will outline the basic properties of rigid local systems and discuss sev
 eral consequences of Simpson‘s conjecture. I will then outline recent prog
 ress on these questions (joint work with Hélène Esnault) and briefly menti
 on applications to geometry and number theory such as the recent resolutio
 n of the André-Oort conjecture by Pila-Shankar-Tsimerman. To receive the a
 nnouncements with the Zoom link\, please subscribe once to the lists of yo
 ur choice\n\nVenue\n\nHybride - CRM\, Salle / Room 5340\, Pavillon André A
 isenstadt / Zoom (voir survol/ see overview)\n
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SUMMARY:Michael Groechenig (University of Toronto)
URL:/mathstat/channels/event/michael-groechenig-univer
 sity-toronto-346320
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