Limited Memory and Stochastic Choice | Drew Fudenberg

Join MIT Science Policy Initiative’s (SPI) spring ‘25 kick-off social (w/ dinner!) to learn about our various initiatives – including multiple trips to DC – and meet others with similar interests. Please share the invite with anyone who you think might be interested. Everyone is welcome, even if this is your first event.

Speaker: Xinyu Fang (Harvard)Title: Cohomology of algebraic varietiesAbstract:Properties of Betti, étale, de Rham, and crystalline cohomology of a smooth projective variety. Comparison theorems.Reference:$\bullet$ Poonen, $p$-adic approaches to rational and integral points on curves, Sections 5 and 6.For more details:$\bullet$ Deligne, Hodge cycles on abelian varieties, Section 1.$\bullet$ Lawrence and Venkatesh, Diophantine problems and $p$-adic period mappings, Section 3 (to see how cohomology theories are going to be used).

Time: 4:00 PMLocation: Norton, MA

The MIT wrestling club holds practices in the du Pont Wrestling Room on weeknights 5:30-7pm. All levels of experience welcome! Whether you're looking to learn how to grapple or just want to get in a good workout, wrestling practice is a good time to learn technique, get in some live goes, and have fun with a great group of people.Current schedule is: structured practice MTRF, open mats W, and technique sessions 9-10:30am on Saturday. For more information, contact wrestling-officers@mit.edu.