JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2009-2010

(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 4
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


Marat Rovinsky


IAS


STABLE BIRATIONAL INVARIANTS WITH GALOIS DESCENT PROPERTY


abstract


February 11

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.


Yuri Tschinkel


Ekaterina
 Amerik


NYU



IAS and Orsay


Introduction to self maps and rational points



SELF MAPS AND RATIONAL POINTS






abstract


February 18
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.


Sol Friedberg


Boston College


METAPLECTIC WHITTAKER FUNCTIONS AND CRYSTAL GRAPHS


abstract



February 25
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



T.D. Browning



University of Bristol and IAS



COUNTING RATIONAL POINTS ON CHATELET SURFACES



abstract


March 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
.


David Rohrlich


David Rohrlich


Boston University


Boston University


SELF-DUAL ARTIN REPRESENTATIONS


A POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF THE FONTAINE-MAZUR CONJECTURE


abstract



abstract


March 11
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.


Chantal David



Concordia University


THE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF POINTS OF CURVES OVER FINITE FIELDS


abstract

March 18

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break






March 25
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE
Double Header
(No RTG  talk)

FIRST TALK: 4:00 - 5:00


SECOND TALK:  5:30-7:00

(all talks in Warren Weaver Hall, Room 102)

 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in  WWH 102




Mariusz Wodzicki

Benjamin Howard




UC Berkeley


Boston College




SURPRISES IN HOMOLOGY


AN INTERSECTION PROBLEM ON UNITARY SHIMURA VARIETIES




abstract


abstract

April 1


Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break



April 8

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
.


Thomas Tucker


University of Rochester


GEOMETRIC PROBLEMS IN ARITHMETIC DYNAMICS


abstract


April 15
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.


Roger Heath-Brown


Oxford University


ARTIN'S CONJECTURE ON ZEROS OF p-ADIC FORMS


abstract


April 22
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
.


Joel Bellaiche


Brandeis University


CRITICAL p-ADIC L-FUNCTIONS


abstract


April 29
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


Sourav Chatterjee


Courant Institute


CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM FOR RANDOM MULTIPLICATIVE FUNCTIONS


abstract


May 6
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.


Alex Kontorovich


Brown University and IAS


SIEVING IN GROUPS


abstract