As exemplified by o-minimality, imposing strong restrictions on the complexity of definable subsets of the affine line can lead to a rich tame geometry in all dimensions. There has been multiple attempts to replicate that phenomenon in non-archimedean geometry (C, P, V, b minimality) but they tend to either only apply to specific valued fields or require geometric input. In this talk I will present another such notion, h-minimality, which covers all known well behaved characteristic zero valued fields and has strong analytic and geometric consequences. By analogy with o-minimality, this notion requires that definable sets of the affine line are controlled by a finite number of points. Contrary to o-minimality though, one has to take special care of how this finite set is defined, leading to a whole family of notions of h-minimality. This notion has been developed in the past years by a number of authors and I will try to paint a general picture of their work and, in particular, how it compares to the archimedean picture.[-]

The $p$-adic Igusa zeta function, topological and motivic zeta function are (related) invariants of a polynomial $f$, reflecting the singularities of the hypersurface $f = 0$. The first one has a number theoretical flavor and is related to counting numbers of solutions of $f = 0$ over finite rings; the other two are more geometric in nature. The monodromy conjecture relates in a mysterious way these invariants to another singularity invariant of $f$, its local monodromy. We will discuss in this survey talk rationality issues for these zeta functions and the origins of the conjecture.[-]

The space of formal arcs of an algebraic variety carries part of the information encoded in a resolution of singularities. This series of lectures addresses this fact from two perspectives. In the first two lectures, we focus on the topology of the space of arcs, proving Kolchin's irreducibility theorem and discussing the Nash problem on families of arcs through the singularities of the variety; recent results on this problem are proved in the second lecture. The last two lectures are devoted to some applications of arc spaces toward a conjecture on minimal log discrepancies known as inversion of adjunction. Minimal log discrepancies are invariants of singularities appearing in the minimal model program, a quick overview of which is given in the third lecture.[-]

We compare the topological Milnor fibration and the motivic Milnor fibreby introducing a common extension : the complete Milnor fibration. This extension is constructed using either logarithmic geometry or an oriented (multi)graph construction, for a complex regular function with only normal crossings. The comparison uses quotients by the action of the group of positive real numbers. We study moreover how this model changes under blowings-up. Joint work with J.-B. Campesato and A. Parusinski.[-]

The space of formal arcs of an algebraic variety carries part of the information encoded in a resolution of singularities. This series of lectures addresses this fact from two perspectives. In the first two lectures, we focus on the topology of the space of arcs, proving Kolchin's irreducibility theorem and discussing the Nash problem on families of arcs through the singularities of the variety; recent results on this problem are proved in the second lecture. The last two lectures are devoted to some applications of arc spaces toward a conjecture on minimal log discrepancies known as inversion of adjunction. Minimal log discrepancies are invariants of singularities appearing in the minimal model program, a quick overview of which is given in the third lecture.[-]

The space of formal arcs of an algebraic variety carries part of the information encoded in a resolution of singularities. This series of lectures addresses this fact from two perspectives. In the first two lectures, we focus on the topology of the space of arcs, proving Kolchin's irreducibility theorem and discussing the Nash problem on families of arcs through the singularities of the variety; recent results on this problem are proved in the second lecture. The last two lectures are devoted to some applications of arc spaces toward a conjecture on minimal log discrepancies known as inversion of adjunction. Minimal log discrepancies are invariants of singularities appearing in the minimal model program, a quick overview of which is given in the third lecture.[-]

The space of formal arcs of an algebraic variety carries part of the information encoded in a resolution of singularities. This series of lectures addresses this fact from two perspectives. In the first two lectures, we focus on the topology of the space of arcs, proving Kolchin's irreducibility theorem and discussing the Nash problem on families of arcs through the singularities of the variety; recent results on this problem are proved in the second lecture. The last two lectures are devoted to some applications of arc spaces toward a conjecture on minimal log discrepancies known as inversion of adjunction. Minimal log discrepancies are invariants of singularities appearing in the minimal model program, a quick overview of which is given in the third lecture.[-]