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General Information

Full Name Béranger Seguin (Dr.)
Contact math[at]beranger-seguin[dot]fr
Languages French (native), English, German. Beginner in Dutch and Hungarian. Esperanto.

Academic Interests

  • Arithmetic geometry and number theory
    • Arithmetic statistics, notably asymptotics of field extensions
    • Moduli spaces of covers/curves and their homology
    • Absolute Galois groups of local fields, wild ramification
    • Inverse Galois theory
    • Galois representations and their deformations
  • Side interests
    • Grothendieck-Teichmüller theory, anabelian geometry
    • Non-commutative algebra, skew fields, central simple algebras
    • Logic, model theory, proof theory, formalized mathematics
    • Model categories, higher category theory

Employment

  • 2023-...
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Institut für Mathematik, Universität Paderborn, Germany
  • 2020-2023
    PhD candidate
    Laboratoire Paul Painlevé, Université de Lille, France
    École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Education

  • 2023
    PhD in Mathematics ­— Geometry and Arithmetic of Components of Hurwitz Spaces
    Université de Lille, France
  • 2019
    Master of Fundamental Mathematics
    Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
  • 2016-2020
    Student — ENS Graduate Degree
    École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
  • 2014-2016
    Scientific preparatory classes
    Lycée Fabert, Metz, France
  • 2014
    AbiBac — German Abitur and French Baccalauréat (High School Diploma)
    Lycée Jean-Victor Poncelet, Saint-Avold, France

Publications

Preprints

  • 2024
    Symmetries of various sets of polynomials [arxiv]
  • 2024
    Asymptotics of extensions of simple ℚ-algebras (with Fabian Gundlach) [arxiv]
  • 2023
    Fields of Definition of Components of Hurwitz Spaces [arxiv]
  • 2022
    The Geometry of Rings of Components of Hurwitz Spaces [arxiv]

Teaching

Internships

Other

  • Computer skills
    • Programming: Python, C#, JavaScript, PHP
    • Web design: HTML5, CSS, …
    • Typesetting: LaTeX and Typst
    • GAP, SAGE
    • Lean (beginner)
  • Music
    • Jazz and fusion, prog rock, microtonal music, chanson française
    • Saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, bass, guitar, piano
    • Songwriting, composition, arranging, mixing and music production
    • Numerous band experiences (mostly jazz)
  • Hobbies
    • Linguistics and language learning, Esperanto
    • Bike travel and hiking
    • Knitting and crochet