Bhargav Bhatt
Bhargav Bhatt
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R ESEARCH I NTERESTS
Algebraic geometry, number theory, commutative algebra, homotopy theory
E MPLOYMENT
Institute for Advanced Study & Princeton University 2022 – present
Fernholz Joint Professor
University of Michigan 2014 – present
Frederick W and Lois B Gehring Professor (2020 – present; on leave since summer 2022)
Professor (2018 – present)
Gehring Associate Professor (2015 – 2018)
Associate Professor (2014 – 2015)
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 2012 – 2014
Member in the School of Mathematics
University of Michigan 2010 – 2014
Postdoctoral Assistant Professor (on leave for 2012 – 2014)
E DUCATION
Princeton University 2005 – 2010
M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematics (Advisor: Aise Johan de Jong)
Columbia University 2001 – 2005
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude (Advisor: Shou-wu Zhang)
S ELECTED H ONORS
Nemmers Prize 2022
Plenary speaker, ICM 2022
Clay Research Award 2021
Fellow of the AMS 2021
New Horizons Prize in Mathematics 2021
Simons Investigator 2019 – 2024
Chern Professor, MSRI Spring 2019
Eilenberg Chair, Columbia University Fall 2018
Compositio Prize 2016
Packard Fellowship 2015 – 2023
John Dash Van Buren Jr. Prize, Columbia University 2005
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Simons Foundation MPS Annual Meeting Oct 2022
Clay Research Conference, Oxford (plenary speaker) Sep 2022
Simons Lectures, MIT Apr 2022
Minerva Distinguished Lectures, Princeton University Feb 2022
Simons Lectures, Stony Brook Apr 2021
Kempf Lectures, Johns Hopkins University April 2019
Current Events Bulletin Lecture, AMS/MAA Joint Meetings Jan 2019
Eilenberg Lectures (attached to Eilenberg Chair), Columbia University Fall 2018
Ordway Distinguished Lectures, University of Minnesota Apr 2018
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51. Absolute prismatic cohomology (with J. Lurie)
50. Algebraic geometry in mixed characteristic
For the Proceedings of the ICM 2022.
49. Totaro’s inequality for classifying stacks (with S. Li)
48. Prismatic F-crystals and crystalline Galois representations (with P. Scholze)
To appear in Cambridge Journal of Mathematics
47. The six functors for Zariski-constructible sheaves in rigid geometry (with D. Hansen)
Compositio Mathematica (2022) 158 (2): 437 – 482
46. Globally +-regular varieties and the minimal model program for threefolds in mixed characteristic (with L. Ma,
Z. Patakfalvi, K. Schwede, K. Tucker, J. Waldron and J. Witaszek)
To appear in Publ. IHES.
45. Cohen-Macaulayness of absolute integral closures
44. Simons symposia: p-adic Hodge theory (book, co-edited with M. Olsson)
Proceedings of the 2017 Simons Symposium on p-adic Hodge theory (Springer)
43. An asymptotic vanishing theorem for the cohomology of thickenings (with M. Blickle, G. Lyubeznik, A. Singh,
and W. Zhang).
Mathematische Annalen, volume 380 (2021), 161-173.
42. Remarks on K(1)-local K-theory (with D. Clausen and A. Mathew).
Selecta Math. (N.S.) 26 (2020), no. 39.
41. Counterexamples to Hochschild–Kostant–Rosenberg in characteristic p (with B. Antieau and A. Mathew).
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma, Volume 9 (2021), e49
40. Lectures from the 2017 Arizona Winter School on Perfectoid Spaces (book, with A. Caraiani, K. Kedlaya,
P. Scholze, J. Weinstein)
AMS Mathematical Surveys and Monographs Volume: 242; 2019; 297 pp. (Edited by B. Cais.)
I wrote the article “The Hodge-Tate decomposition via perfectoid spaces.”
39. Prisms and prismatic cohomology (with P. Scholze).
Annals of Mathematics 196 (2022), Issue 3, 1135–1275.
38. Torson completions are bounded.
J. Pure Appl. Algebra 223 (2019), no. 5, 1940 – 1945.
37. The arc-topology (with A. Mathew).
Duke Mathematical Journal 170 (2021), 9, 1899-1988.
36. Revisiting the de Rham-Witt complex (with J. Lurie and A. Mathew).
Asterisque, tome 424 (2021), pp 165.
35. Regular rings and perfect(oid) rings (with S. Iyengar and L. Ma).
Comm. Algebra 47 (2019), no. 6, 2367–2383.
Special issue for Gennady Lyubeznik’s 60th birthday.
34. Topological Hochschild homology and integral p-adic Hodge theory (with M. Morrow and P. Scholze).
Publ. Math. Inst. Hautes Études Sci. 129 (2019), 199–310.
33. A Riemann-Hilbert correspondence in characteristic p (with J. Lurie).
Cambridge Journal of Mathematics, Volume 7, Number 1-2 (2019): 71–217.
32. Refined alterations (with A. Snowden).
Available on homepage.
31. Vanishing theorems for perverse sheaves on abelian varieties, revisited (with C. Schnell and P. Scholze).
Selecta Math. (N.S.) 24 (2018), no. 1, 63 – 84.
Special issue for Alexander Beilinson’s 60th birthday.
30. Finiteness of étale fundamental groups via reduction modulo p (with O. Gabber and M. Olsson).
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29. Étale fundamental groups of strongly F-regular schemes (with J. Carvajal-Rojas, P. Graf, K. Schwede, K. Tucker).
IMRN (2019), Issue 14, July 2019, rnx253, 4325–4339.
28. On the direct summand conjecture and its derived variant.
Invent. Math. (2018), 212 (2), 297 – 317.
27. Specializing varieties and their cohomology from characteristic 0 to characteristic p.
Algebraic geometry: Salt Lake City 2015, 43–88, Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., 97.2 (2018).
26. Stabilization of the cohomology of thickenings (with M. Blickle, G. Lyubeznik, A. Singh, and W. Zhang).
Amer. J. Math. 141 (2019), no. 2, 531–561.
25. Integral p-adic Hodge theory (with M. Morrow and P. Scholze).
Publ. Math. Inst. Hautes Études Sci. 128 (2018), 219–397.
24. The dualizing complex of F-injective and Du Bois singularities (with L. Ma and K. Schwede).
Math. Z. 288 (2018), no. 3 – 4, 1143 – 1155.
23. Integral p-adic Hodge theory: announcement (with M. Morrow and P. Scholze).
Math. Research Letters (2016), 22(6): 1601–1612.
22. Projectivity of the Witt vector affine Grassmannian (with P. Scholze).
Invent. Math. (2016), 209(2): 329–423.
21. Tannaka duality revisited (with D. Halpern-Leistner).
Adv. Math. 316 (2017), 576 – 612.
20. Algebraisation and Tannaka duality.
Cambridge Journal of Mathematics, Volume 4, Number 4 (2016): 403–461.
19. WHAT IS. . . a perfectoid space?.
Notices of the AMS (2014), 61(9): 1082 – 1084.
18. The pro-étale topology for schemes (with P. Scholze).
Asterisque 369 (2015), 99-201.
Special issue for Gérard Laumon 60th birthday.
17. The weak ordinarity conjecture and F-singularities (with K. Schwede and S. Takagi).
Higher dimensional algebraic geometry, 11–39, Adv. Stud. Pure Math., 74 (2017).
Special issue for Professor Yujiro Kawamata’s sixtieth birthday.
16. Local cohomology modules of a smooth Z-algebra have finitely many associated primes (with M. Blickle, G.
Lyubeznik, A. Singh, and W. Zhang).
Invent. Math. (2014), 197(3): 509–519.
15. Lefschetz for local Picard groups (with A. J. de Jong).
Annales Scientifiques de l’École Normale Supérieure (2014), 47(4): 833 – 849.
14. On the non-existence of small Cohen-Macaulay algebras.
Journal of Algebra (2014), 411(1): 1–11.
13. Completions and derived de Rham cohomology.
Available at [Link]
12. Torsion in the crystalline cohomology of singular varieties.
Documenta Mathematica (2014), 19: 673 – 687.
11. p-adic derived de Rham cohomology.
Available at [Link]
10. Crystalline cohomology and de Rham cohomology (with A. J. de Jong).
Available at [Link]
9. Moduli of products of stable varieties (with W. Ho, Z. Patakfalvi, and C. Schnell).
Compositio Mathematica (2013), 149(12): 2036–2070.
8. The F-pure threshold of Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces (with A. Singh).
Math. Ann. 362 (2015), no. 1-2, 551–567.
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7. Log canonical thresholds, F-pure thresholds, and nonstandard extensions (with D. Hernández, L. Miller, and
M. Mustaţă).
Algebra & Number Theory (2012), 6(7): 1459–1482.
6. Derived splinters in positive characteristic.
Compositio Mathematica (2012), 148(6): 1757–1786.
This paper won the Compositio Prize.
5. p-divisibilty for coherent cohomology.
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma (2015), Vol. 3, e15, 27 pages.
4. Almost direct summands.
Nagoya Mathematical Journal (2014), 214: 195 – 204.
3. Annihilating the cohomology of group schemes.
Algebra & Number Theory (2012), 6(7): 1561–1577.
2. Derived direct summands.
Ph.D. dissertation, available on ProQuest.
1. A period-index result,
Appendix to: Index reduction for Brauer classes via stable sheaves (by D. Krashen and M. Lieblich).
IMRN (2008), no. 8, Art. ID rnn010, 31 pp.
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Algebraic Geometry, Oberwolfach Sep 2017
Interactions between Representation Theory and Algebraic Geometry (in honor of the Aug 2017
60th birthdays of Alexander Beilinson and Victor Ginzburg), Chicago
Local Cohomology in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry (in honor of Gen- Aug 2017
nady Lyubeznik’s 60th birthday), Minnesota
Stacks Project Workshop, Ann Arbor Aug 2017
Journées Arithmétiques, Caen July 2017
Arbeitstagung 2017: Physical Mathematics (in honor of Yuri Manin’s 80th birthday), Bonn June 2017
Geometric Methods in Number Theory and Representation Theory, Evanston May 2017
Séminaire Grothendieck, ETH Zurich May 2017
Arizona Winter School: Perfectoid spaces: p-adic Hodge theory (series), Arizona Mar 2017
Asymptotic Phenomena in Local Algebra and Singularity Theory, Oberwolfach Dec 2016
11th Annual Belgian-Dutch Algebraic Geometry Day, Amsterdam Dec 2016
Higher Dimensional Algebraic Geometry and Characteristic p, Luminy Sep 2016
Packard Fellows Meeting Sep 2016
Arithmetic Geometry, Oberwolfach Aug 2016
Higher Dimensional Algebraic Geometry, Salt Lake City July 2016
Advances in Geometric Representation Theory, Ann Arbor May 2016
Complex, logarithmic, and p-adic Hodge theory (series), SCGP, Stony Brook Apr 2016
Arbeitsgemeinschaft: The Geometric Langlands Conjecture, Oberwolfach Apr 2016
Recent developments in integral p-cohomology theories (series), Bonn Mar 2016
Moduli Spaces and Arithmetic Geometry (in honor of Frans Oort’s 80th birthday), Leiden Nov 2015
Algebraic Geometry (in honor of Arthur Ogus’s 70th birthday), IHÉS Sep 2015
Jumbo Algebraic Geometry Conference, Salt Lake City July 2015
Algebraic Geometry Bootcamp on Perfectoid Spaces (series), Salt Lake City July 2015
The Mathematics of Alexander Grothendieck, Montpellier June 2015
Arithmetic and Algebraic Differentiation (in honor of Alexandru Buium’s 60th birthday), May 2015
Berkeley
Algebraic Geometry, Oberwolfach Mar 2015
37th Autumn School in Algebraic Geometry (series), Lukecin Sep 2014
Summer School in Algebraic Geometry, Seattle Aug 2014
FRG Special Month on Birational Geometry in Positive Characteristic, Ann Arbor June 2014
Hot topics: Perfectoid Spaces, MSRI Feb 2014
Homological and Characteristic p Methods in Commutative Algebra, AMS JMM, Baltimore Jan 2014
Fundamental Groups in Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry, Pisa Dec 2013
The pro-étale topology (series), Stanford Nov 2013
AGNES, Boston College Oct 2013
p-adic Hodge Theory and Beyond, IHÉS Sep 2013
Arithmetic Geometry, Warsaw July 2013
Algebraic Geometry, Amsterdam July 2013
Crystalline cohomology and de Rham cohomology (series), Leiden July 2013
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Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, Berlin June 2013
Motivic Invariants and Singularities, Notre Dame June 2013
The Commutative Algebra of Singularities, MSRI May 2013
Johns Hopkins-Maryland Algebra and Number Theory Day Oct 2012
Arithmetic Geometry, Oberwolfach Aug 2012
Characteristic p and p-adic Geometry, Mainz June 2012
Computational Workshop on F-singularities, Ann Arbor May 2012
Witt Vectors in Arithmetic, Geometry and Topology, Albuquerque May 2012
p-adic Hodge theory (series), Ann Arbor May 2012
Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium (WAGS), Seattle (Mendebaldeko Lecture) Apr 2012
Algebraic Geometry section at the AMS-Sectional Meeting, Kansas Mar 2012
Michigan-OSU-UIC Algebraic Geometry Workshop, Columbus Mar 2012
Relating Test Ideals and Multiplier Ideals, AIM Aug 2011
AMS-MRC Workshop on Commutative Algebra, Snowbird Jun 2010
AMS-MRC Workshop on Higher Dimensional Algebraic Geometry, Snowbird Jun 2010
Frobenius Splitting, Ann Arbor May 2010
T EACHING E XPERIENCE
Math 549: Prismatic F-gauges (Princeton) Fall 2022
Math 614: Commutative algebra (Michigan) Fall 2021
Math 731: D-modules (Michigan) Fall 2020
Math 631: Algebraic geometry (Michigan) Fall 2019
Eilenberg lectures: Prismatic cohomology (Columbia) Fall 2018
Math 592: Algebraic topology (Michigan) Winter 2018
Math 731: Abelian varieties (Michigan) Fall 2017
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Math 679: Perfectoid spaces (Michigan) Winter 2017
Math 731: Perverse sheaves (Michigan) Fall 2015
Math 613: Homological algebra (Michigan) Winter 2015
Math 592: Algebraic topology (Michigan) Winter 2015
Math 214: Linear algebra (Michigan) Winter 2012
Math 731: Étale cohomology (Michigan) Fall 2011
Math 115: Calculus I (Michigan; two sections) Fall 2010
Math 453: Algebraic number theory (Princeton) — Teaching assistant Fall 2009
Math 103: Calculus I (Princeton) Fall 2007
Math 215: Analysis in a single variable (Princeton) — Teaching assistant Fall 2006
S EMINARS CO - ORGANIZED
Joint Arithmetic Geometry Seminar (IAS/Princeton) 2023 –
Spring Lectures in Algebraic Geometry (Michigan, once annually) 2015 – 2022
Algebraic Geometry Preprint Seminar (Michigan) 2015 – 2022
Algebraic Geometry Seminar (Michigan) 2015 – 2022
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Arithmetic Geometry Learning Seminar (Michigan). 2015 – 2022
(Topics covered: algebraic K-theory, the Weil conjectures, the Mordell conjecture, adic
spaces, Drinfeld modules, geometric Langlands for GL(2), condensed mathematics, the
affine Grassmannian and geometric Satake, the universal HKR filtration, perverse sheaves
and the decomposition theorem, the Mordell conjecture following Lawrence-Venkatesh, the
P=W conjecture, unramified cohomology, geometric Langlands for D -modules in positive
characteristic)
Joint Number Theory Seminar (IAS/Princeton) Spring 2013 – Spring 2014
Working Group on p-adic Hodge theory (IAS/Princeton) Spring 2013
Learning seminar on D-modules (Michigan) Fall 2011
Learning seminar on A1 -homotopy theory (Columbia) Summer 2008
Learning seminars (Princeton). 2006 – 2009
(Topics covered: arithmetic moduli of elliptic curves, the Weil conjectures, perverse
sheaves, and the Mordell conjecture.)
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Computer Committee (Michigan) 2019 – 2022
Website Committee (Michigan) 2019 – 2020
Personnel Committee (Michigan) 2015 – 2018
Qualifying Exams Committee (Michigan):
Topology 2015 – 2016, 2020 – 2021
Algebra 2016 – 2017, 2019 – 2020, 2021 – 2022
Graduate Admissions Committee (Michigan) 2014 – 2015, 2020 – 2022
Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships Committee (Michigan) 2014 – 2015
Supervised a summer REU on F-pure thresholds (Michigan) 2011, 2012
President of the Undergraduate Mathematics Society (Columbia) 2003 – 2005
OTHER SERVICE
AMS Current Events Bulletin Committee 2019, 2020
Editor for:
Algebraic Geometry 2021 –
CAMS (Communications of the American Mathematical Society) (associate editor) 2021 –
Duke 2020 –
ANT (Algebra & Number Theory) 2019 –
IMRN (International Mathematical Research Notices) 2018 – 2022
Two Simons Symposia volumes on p-adic Hodge theory 2017 –
Reviewer (ad hoc) for:
European Research Council
Simons Foundation
National Science Foundation
The New Cornerstone Investigator Program
Served as a reviewer and jury member for a Habilitation defense (Orsay)
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