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Eigenfunctions Seminar

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Title: Explicit reciprocity laws in number theory
Speaker: Otmar Venjakob (Institute for Mathematics, Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
Date: 06 February 2026
Time: 3 – 5 pm (with a 15 minute break in between)
Venue: LH-1, Mathematics Department

The quadratic Reciprocity Law for the Legendre or Jacobi-Symbol forms the starting point of all Reciprocity Laws as well as of class field theory. It is closely related to the product formula of the quadratic Hilbert-Symbol over local fields. Various mathematicians have established higher explicit formulae to compute higher Hilbert-Symbols. Analogs were found for formal (Lubin–Tate) groups. Eventually Perrin-Riou has formulated a Reciprocity Law, which allows the explicit computation of local cup product pairings by means of Iwasawa- and $p$-adic Hodge Theory. In this talk I shall try to give an overview of these topics. At the end I will explain recent developments in this regard.


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Last updated: 08 Feb 2026