Modular forms and differential equations

by Prof. Don Zagier (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn)

Monday 23 Feb 2026, 15:00 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

A.1.01 - Alps Süd (MPP)

Modular forms, which are ubiquitous in both pure mathematics
and mathematical physics, satisfy several different kinds of differential equations.  

I will give a brief survey of these and then, depending on the audience's
interests, concentrate either on the linear equations of Picard-Fuchs type
or on the so-called modular linear differential equations that are playing
an increasing role in conformal field theory and the study of VOAs.