Surveys in Mathematics and its Applications (Mar 2018)

On tea, donuts and non-commutative geometry

  • Igor V. Nikolaev

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13 (2018)
pp. 95 – 105

Abstract

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As many will agree, it feels good to complement a cup of tea by a donut or two. This sweet relationship is also a guiding principle of non-commutative geometry known as Serre Theorem. We explain the algebra behind this theorem and prove that elliptic curves are complementary to the so-called non-commutative tori.

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