An overview of the liquid tensor experiment

Adam Topaz (University of Alberta)

10-Nov-2022, 23:30-00:30 (18 months ago)

Abstract: In December 2020, Peter Scholze proposed a challenge to formally verify a theorem he and Dustin Clausen proved about the real numbers in the context of condensed mathematics, saying it might be his "most important theorem to date." I was part of the group who took on this challenge, using the Lean3 interactive theorem prover and its formally verified mathematics library `mathlib`. We completed the challenge in July 2022. In this talk, I will give a broad overview of condensed/liquid mathematics and the corresponding formalization in Lean. No background in condensed mathematics or interactive theorem provers will be necessary for this talk.

algebraic geometrynumber theory

Audience: researchers in the topic


SFU NT-AG seminar

Series comments: Description: Research/departmental seminar

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Organizers: Katrina Honigs*, Nils Bruin*
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