JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR

SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2005-2006


Date
Place and Time Speaker Affiliation Title
September 29

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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

Dan Goldston



  San Jose State University




PRIMES IN TUPLES






October 6
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C198, 5:30-7:00

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



Gerd Faltings



Max Planck Institute, Bonn


THETA DIVISORS ON MODULI SPACES OF VECTOR BUNDLES
ON CURVES




October 13
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C198, 5:30-7:00

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


Gérard Laumon


CNRS & Université Paris-Sud


THE FUNDAMENTAL LEMMA FOR UNITARY GROUPS


abstract


October 20
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


CANCELLED


CANCELLED


DELIGNE  61st BIRTHDAY
FEST AT IAS




October 27
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C198, 5:30-7:00

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


Luc Illusie


Université d'Orsay, Paris


MISCELLANY ON TRACES IN l-ADIC COHOMOLOGY:
A SURVEY





November 3
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

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


Ron Livne


Hebrew University, Israel
and IAS


EXAMPLES OF ABELIAN VARIETIES WITH ACTION BY THE HAMILTON QUATERNIONS




November 10
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Joel Bellaiche


Columbia University

GEOMETRY OF UNITARY EIGENVARIETIES AND RANK
OF SELMER GROUPS


 

November 17
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C198, 5:30-7:00

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


Thomas Tucker


Rochester


MAHLER MEASURES, EQUIDISTRIBUTION, AND APPLICATIONS




November 24
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

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


THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY


THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY


THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY






December 1
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Ben Brubaker


Stanford University

FOURIER COEFFICIENTS OF
EISENSTEIN SERIES, L-FUNCTIONS, AND YOUNG TABLEAUX





December 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.


Fritz Grunewald


Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and IAS


ZETA FUNCTIONS OF
GROUPS AND RINGS






December 15
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

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


 Kiran Kedlaya


MIT





 BOUNDING PICARD NUMBERS OF SURFACES,
or How to succeed in coding theory
 without really trying