JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2008-2009

(NEW) RTG SEMINAR TALK FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AT 4:00 P.M.: The seminar will have a new component: a special RTG talk at 4:00 P.M. every Thursday when the seminar meets. The RTG talk will  be aimed at graduate students and post-docs; regular faculty are requested not to attend.


Date
Place and Time Speaker Affiliation Title


October 2
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 202)

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 202


Kai-Wen Lan



Princeton University


EXTENSIONS OVER TOROIDAL BOUNDARIES OF SHIMURA VARIETIES


October 9


No Meeting


No Meeting

No Meeting

No Meeting



October 16
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room C415)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C415, C-level: one floor down from lobby.


F. Voloch



University of Texas




THE BRAUER-MANIN OBSTRUCTION FOR CURVES




October 23
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 202)

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 202.


Ulrich Derenthal




Princeton University



RATIONAL POINTS ON CUBIC SURFACES








October 30
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 622
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 312

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in the Math Lounge on the 5th floor.


G. Chinta


City College of New York


ORTHOGONAL PERIODS OF A GL(3) EISENSTEIN SERIES


abstract


November 6
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room C415)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C415, C-level: one floor down from lobby.


T. Tucker


University of Rochester


DYNAMICAL MORDELL-LANG PROBLEMS



November 13
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 622
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 312

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in the Math Lounge on the 5th floor.


Rachel Ollivier


Ecole Normale Supérieure


MOD p REPRESENTATIONS OF p-ADIC GL(n) AND HECKE MODULES


abstract


November 20
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 612
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 312

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in the Math Lounge on the 5th floor.


Tonghai Yang


University of Wisconsin



A VARIANT OF THE GROSS-ZAGIER FORMULA


abstract

November
27


Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday



December 4
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room C415)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C415, C-level: one floor down from lobby.


Madhav Nori


University of Chicago


GALOIS AND MOTIVIC GALOIS GROUPS




abstract
 

December 11
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
  NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 202)

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 202.


Daniel Allcock





University of Texas, Austin



A BANACH SPACE DETERMINED BY THE WEIL HEIGHT