JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2016-2017

RTG SEMINAR TALK FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AT 4:00 P.M. :
The seminar will have 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


September 29
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 805
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 317
Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer St.)

TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 in Room 317


Andrew Obus


University of Virginia


TOWARD A CLASSIFICATION OF LOCAL OORT GROUPS


abstract



October 6

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 622

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 417

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


Nicolas Templier


Cornell University


MIRROR SYMMETRY FOR MINUSCULE FLAG VARIETIES


abstract


October13
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room 4102)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room 4102.


Andrei Yafaev


University College, London


SOME APPLICATIONS OF o-MINIMALITY IN DIOPHANTINE GEOMETRY


abstract


October 20
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 805
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 317
Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer St.)

TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 in Room 317


Alvaro Lozano Robledo


University of Connecticut


A PROBABILISTIC MODEL FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF RANKS OF ELLIPTIC CURVES


abstract


October 27
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 622

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 417

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


Jean-Pierre Labesse


Luminy Institute of Mathematics, France


TWISTED TRACE FORMULA: HISTORY, PROOF AND APPLICATIONS


abstract


November 3
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room 4102)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room 4102.


Nigel Boston


University of Wisconsin


NON-ABELIAN COHEN-LENSTRA HEURISTICS


abstract


November 10
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 805
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 317
Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer St.)

TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 in Room 317


Marcin Mazur


SUNY at Binghamton


THE MINIMAL NUMBER OF GENERATORS AND DENSITY OF GENERATING SETS OF ALGEBRAS FINITE OVER THE INTEGERS


abstract


November 17
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 805
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 317
Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer St.)

TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 in Room 317


Zachary Scherr



Bucknell University



CAPACITY THEORY AND OPTIMALITY OF COPPERSMITH'S THEOREM



abstract

November 24

Thanksgiving (No Seminar)

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving




December 1

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45 in Room 622

NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00 in Room 417

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



Liang Xiao



University of Connecticut



CYCLES ON SHIMURA VARIETIES
MOD p AND TATE CONJECTURE



abstract


December 8

CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room 4102)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room 4102.


David Zywina


Cornell University


TORSION POINTS OF A FIXED ABELIAN VARIETY WITH VARYING FIELD


abstract


December 15
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

FIRST RITT LECTURE
5:30 - 6:30 pm in Room 312
Math Building

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


Zhiwei Yun 


Yale University


GEOMETRY IN ORBITAL INTEGRALS AND BEYOND



abstract


December 16
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

SECOND RITT LECTURE
4:30 - 5:30 pm in Room 417
Math Building

TEA: 4:00-4:30 served in the Math Lounge on the 5th floor.


Zhiwei Yun


Yale University


GEOMETRY IN ORBITAL INTEGRALS AND BEYOND



abstract