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


February 5
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
.


Abhinav Kumar


MIT


K3 SURFACES, SHIODA-INOSE STRUCTURES, AND  REAL MULTIPLICATION


abstract


February 12

NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 317)

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 317


Joseph Silverman


Brown University


SPECIALIZATION THEOREMS AND UNLIKELY INTERSECTION


abstract


February 19
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.


Hee Oh


Brown University


MANIN'S CONJECTURE ON RATIONAL POINTS AND ADELIC PERIODS


abstract


February 26
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

Special RTG  Seminar: 1:30-2:30
Graduate Center, Room 4214


Francois Loeser


École Normale Supérieure, Paris


APPLICATION OF MODEL THEORY TO ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY



February 26
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

4:00 - 5:00 P.M.

TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 317


5:30-7:00

(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 317)

DH

Frank
Calegari



Francois Loeser
DH

Northwestern




École Normale Supérieure, Paris
DOUBLE HEADER

TOWARDS MODULARITY THEOREMS OVER IMAGINARY QUADRATIC FIELDS


SOME APPLICATIONS OF MODEL THEORY TO ARITHMETIC GEOMETRY


abstract




abstract


March 5
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.


Sophie Morel


Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton


ON THE COHOMOLOGY OF SOME NON-COMPACT SHIMURA VARIETY


abstract


March 12
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
.


Robert Rumely


University of Georgia


THE BERKOVICH JULIA SET OF A RATIONAL FUNCTION AND THE EQUICONTINUITY LOCUS


abstract

March 19

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break




March 26
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
  NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 102)

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 102.


Ivan Fesenko


University of Nottingham


ADELIC ANALYSIS ON ARITHMETIC SURFACES


abstract


April 2

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
.


Gunther Cornelissen


University of Utrecht


DEFORMING WEAK RAMIFICATION


abstract


April 9
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
  NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 102)

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 102.


Michael Zieve


Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton


THE INTERSECTION OF SUBFIELDS OF A FUNCTION FIELD


abstract




April 16
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.


Wee Teck Gan


University of California at San Diego


FORMAL DEGREES AND THE LOCAL THETA CORRESPONDENCE


abstract


April 23
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.


Akshay Venkatesh


Stanford University


TORSION IN THE HOMOLOGY OF ARITHMETIC GROUPS


abstract


April 30
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
.


Umberto Zannier


Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa


HILBERT IRREDUCIBILITY ABOVE ALGEBRAIC GROUPS


abstract