Our first discussion group special of the term will be by everyone's favourite lecturer, Samir Siksek. In the talk we'll hear about some of the fascinating developments at the forefront of number theory, presented in a fun and accessible manner. Afterwards, there will be food and drinks available in the street along with a chance for some discussion. So come along!

Samir provided us with a short description of the talk:

Abstract: The generalized Fermat conjecture concerns the equation in coprime integers . This conjecture has been called the "new holy grail of number theory". In this fun talk we shall survey what is known and explore some recent directions.