JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2011-2012

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


October 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.


Wei Zhang


Columbia



SOME ORBITAL INTEGRALS AND ARITHMETIC INTERSECTION NUMBERS



abstract





October 13

CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room C205)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C205, C-level:
one floor down from lobby.


Philipp Habegger


Goethe-University Frankfurt


SOME UNLIKEKLY INTERSECTIONS BEYOND ANDRE-OORT


abstract


October 20
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00

ALL NYU TALKS WILL BE IN MYER HALL (PHYSICS DEPT.) ROOM 121 AT


  #4-WASHINGTON PLACE


 TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in Meyer Hall Lobby


Jacob Tsimerman


Harvard


LOWER BOUNDS FOR GALOIS ORBITS OF CM POINTS


abstract


October 27
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.
 


Claus Sorensen



Princeton



TOWARDS THE BREUIL-SCHNEIDER CONJECTURE



abstract



November  3
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room C197)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room C197, C-level:
one floor down from lobby.


Emmanuel Breuillard




Université Paris-Sud




HEIGHTS ON CHARACTER VARIETIES OF REDUCTIVE GROUPS AND A UNIFORM TITS ALTERNATIVE


abstract


November 10
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00

ALL NYU TALKS WILL BE IN MYER HALL (PHYSICS DEPT.) ROOM 121 AT


#4-WASHINGTON PLACE


TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in Meyer Hall Lobby


Zhiwei Yun


MIT



MOTIVES AND THE INVERSE GALOIS PROBLEM




abstract



November 17
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.


Nicolas Templier


Princeton


SUP-NORM OF AUTOMORPHIC FORMS


abstract


November 24


Thanksgiving (No Seminar)


Thanksgiving



Thanksgiving




Thanksgiving







December 1

CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

DOUBLE HEADER

FIRST TALK 4:30 - 5:30




SECOND TALK:  6:00-7:00

(all talks in Room C198)

TEA: 5:30-6:00 served in Room C198, C-level:
one floor down from lobby.




Juna Rivera Letelier



David McKinnon




Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile


University of Waterloo


DOUBLE HEADER


ERGODIC THEORY OF p-ADIC RATIONAL MAPS



RATIONAL MAPS REPEL EACH OTHER, SO THEY CAN'T BE DENSELY PACKED




abstract




abstract


December 8

NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00

ALL NYU TALKS WILL BE IN MYER HALL (PHYSICS DEPT.) ROOM 121 AT


#4-WASHINGTON PLACE


  TEA: 5:00 - 5:30 served in Meyer Hall Lobby


Andrew Snowden


MIT


INTEGRAL STRUCTURES ON DE RHAM COHOMOLOGY


abstract