JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2013-2014

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 3
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room C198)

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


Christopher Skinner


Princeton University



RANKS OF ELLIPTIC CURVES AND IWASAWA THEORY



abstract





October 10

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.


Yitang Zhang


University of New Hampshire


DISTRIBUTION OF PRIMES IN ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS WITH APPLICATION


abstract


October 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


Ted Chinburg


UPenn


ARITHMETIC QUOTIENTS OF THE UPPER HALF PLANE AND ITS COMPLEX COUNTERPART


abstract


October 24
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room 9206)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room 9206.


Anna Cadoret


Laurent Schwartz Center for Mathematics - Ecole Polytechnique


AN ADELIC OPEN IMAGE THEOREM FOR ABELIAN SCHEMES


abstract


October 31
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 University


HEEGNER POINTS AND A B-SD CONJECTURE


abstract


November 7
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


Marco Garuti


Università degli studi di Padova


ON THE FUNDAMENTAL GROUP SCHEME


abstract


November 14
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.


Ben Howard


Boston College


THE SUPERSINGULAR LOCUS OF THE GU(2,2) SHIMURA VARIETY


abstract



November 21

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.



Xinwen Zhu



Northwestern & Columbia




GEOMETRIC SATAKE AND CYCLES ON  MODULAR VARIETIES



abstract



November 28

Thanksgiving (No Seminar)

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving




December 5

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


Dan Abramovich


Brown University


LOGARITHMIC CURVE COUNTS AND THEIR  DECOMPOSITION


abstract


December 12
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

RTG  Seminar: 4:00-4:45
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR:  5:30-7:00
(all talks in Room 9206)

TEA: 5:00-5:30 served in Room 9206.


Jens Marklof


University of Bristol


GAPS BETWEEN FRACTIONAL PARTS


abstract