JOINT COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU
NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR

SCHEDULE  OF TALKS 2007-2008


Date
Place and Time Speaker Affiliation Title


February 1
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Mark Kisin


University of Chicago


INTEGRAL MODELS OF SOME  SHIMURA VARIETIES



February 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.


Ramin Takloo-Bighash 



Princeton University


DISTRIBUTION OF RATIONAL POINTS ON GROUP COMPACTIFICATIONS



February 15
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C415, 5:30-7:00

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


Jay Jorgenson


City College, GC CUNY


RELATING OF MAASS FORMS AND HOLOMORPHIC FORMS


abstract


February 22
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Chris Skinner


Princeton University


VANISHING OF L-FUNCTIONS AND RANKS OF SELMER GROUPS








March 1
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

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


Luc Illusie


IAS & Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay


ON SOME RECENT WORK OF GABBER IN ETALE COHOMOLOGY




March 8
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C415, 5:30-7:00

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


William Haboush


 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


SCHEMES OF LATTICES IN VECTOR SPACES OVER THE LOCAL HILBERT CLASS FIELD


abstract

March 15

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

 


March 22

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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



Atsushi Ichino



Osaka City University,
Japan


TRILINEAR FORMS AND THE CENTRAL VALUES OF TRIPLE PRODUCT
L-FUNCTIONS




March 29
NYU, COURANT INSTITUTE

  TALK: 13th Floor, 5:30-7:00

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


Dipendra Prasad


IAS, Princeton


ON THE ROLE OF LOCAL ROOT NUMBERS IN HARMONIC ANALYSIS


abstract

April 5
.
HOLIDAYS

HOLIDAYS


HOLIDAYS


HOLIDAYS



April 12
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C415, 5:30-7:00

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


Sinnou David


Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris


BAKER THEORY ON GROUP VARIETIES


abstract


April 19
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

TALK:  312 Math, 5:30-7:00

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


Wei Zhang


Columbia University


SPECIAL CYCLES ON SHIMURA VARIETIES


abstract



April 26
NYU, COURANT
INSTITUTE


4:00-5:00,  Room 1302

 
5:30-7:00,  13th Floor

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

DOUBLE


Wee Teck
Gan

Claus Sorensen

HEADER


UCSD


Princeton University

DOUBLE
HEADER

LOCAL LANGLANDS CONJECTURE
FOR GSp(4)

LEVEL RAISING FOR GSp(4)






abstract


May 3
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER

TALK:  Room C415, 5:30-7:00

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


Lawrence Breen


Universite Paris 13


NON-ABELIAN AND PARTLY ABELIAN COHOMOLOGY



abstract

May 18 - 23


Goldfeld Fest
L-Functions and Automorphic Forms

Goldfeld Fest


Goldfeld Fest


Goldfeld Fest
L-Functions and Automorphic Forms