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Part of the beauty of mathematics is the interplay between its different branches. In this lecture, Maxim Kontsevich will talk about a recent discovery of an unexpected relation between questions in birational algebraic geometry and the theory of automorphic forms. Computer experiments with an easy-looking system of equations played an essential role in the discovery.More details: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/from-equivariant-blow-ups-to-modular-symbols/Uploaded 19-11-19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
