JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR

SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2007-2008


Date
Place and Time Speaker Affiliation Title


September 27

NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  the  Math Lounge on the 13th floor.


Shou-Wu Zhang


Columbia University

GROSS-SCHOEN CYCLES,
RELATIVE DUALISING SHEAVES,
AND TRIPLE PRODUCT L-SERIES


abstract


October 4
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Bjorn Poonen


University of California, Berkeley

EXISTENCE OF RATIONAL
POINTS ON SMOOTH
PROJECTIVE VARIETIES


abstract


October 11
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C415, 5:30-7:00

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C198, C-level: one floor down from lobby.


Andrew Granville


Département de mathématiques,
Université de Montréal


PRETENTIOUSNESS IN
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY


abstract


October 18
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

 ROOM CHANGE(this week only)! TALK: ROOM 613,   5:30-7:00

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  Room 613


David Whitehouse


MIT


APPLICATIONS OF THE RELATIVE TRACE FORMULA TO CENTRAL L-VALUES


abstract


October 25
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Christophe Breuil


Columbia University,
IHES and CNRS


FROM DIAMOND -SERRE WEIGHTS TO GL(2, F)


abstract


November 1
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C415, 5:30-7:00

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C198, C-level: one floor down from lobby.


Rob Benedetto




Amherst College


ANOTHER n-POINT abc CONJECTURE


abstract


November 8

NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  the  Math Lounge on the 13th floor.


Noam Elkies


Harvard University


HOW MANY POINTS CAN A GENUS 2 CURVE HAVE?



November 15
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Alexander Goncharov


Brown University


HODGE CORRELATORS AND A GENERALIZATION
OF RANKIN-SELBERG INTEGRALS


abstract

November 22

Thanksgiving Day Holiday

Holiday
 
Holiday

Holiday



November 29
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C415, 5:30-7:00

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C198, C-level: one floor down from lobby.


Laura DeMarco


University of Illinois
at Chicago


THE TRANSFINITE DIAMETER


abstract





December 6
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  the  Math Lounge on the 13th floor.


Nicolas Bergeron


Institut de Mathematiques
de Jussieu, Paris


NON-VANISHING THEOREMS FOR L-FUNCTIONS AND COHOMOLOGY


abstract


Thursday

December 13
JOSEPH FELS RITT LECTURES
AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 4:00-5:00
TEA: 3:15 - 4:00 served in the Math Lounge on the 5th floor.

http://www.math.columbia.edu/~lrb/RittLecturesF2007.html



David Vogan




MIT




GEOMETRY AND REPRESENTATIONS OF REDUCTIVE GROUPS





December 13

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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



Sebastiaan Johan Edixhoven

Mathematisches Instituut
Universiteit Leiden
Nederland


COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS
OF COEFFICIENTS OF
MODULAR FORMS





abstract


Friday

December
14
JOSEPH FELS RITT LECTURES
AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 4:00-5:00
TEA: 3:15 - 4:00 served in the Math Lounge on the 5th floor.

http://www.math.columbia.edu/~lrb/RittLecturesF2007.html



David Vogan




MIT




GEOMETRY AND REPRESENTATIONS OF REDUCTIVE GROUPS