Schedule:
We will meet on
Thursdays 13:30 in Room C2, which is the same time slot as usual.
Below is a tentative plan for the talks.
| Topic |
Speaker |
Notes |
| 1. Introduction & background on vector bundles |
|
notes
|
| 2. The Eisenstein class |
|
notes |
| 3. Mathai-Quillen theory 1 |
James N. |
notes |
| 4. Mathai-Quillen theory 2 |
|
notes |
| 5. Mathai-Quillen theory 3 |
|
notes |
| 6. Computations for GL2 |
|
notes |
| 7. Rationality of L-values |
|
notes |
Resources and references:
The main reference is
BCG's Takagi notes. Additionally, the following might be useful: