Speaker: Ma Luo Date: 10:30 19/03/2021 Title: Periods and completions of fundamental groups Abstract: To study periods of fundamental groups, one needs to linearize these discrete groups and consider their various completions, such as unipotent completions and relative completions. In this talk, we discuss what these completions are and how they can be used to study periods and motives associated to fundamental groups. In particular, the focus will be put on the cases of curves of low genus.