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Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Feb
22
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

On Eisenstein’s Jugendtraum for Complex Cubic Fields
Pierre Charollois
4:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

In the early 2000’s Ruijsenaars and Felder-Varchenko have introduced the elliptic gamma function, a remarkable multivariable meromorphic q-series that comes from mathematical physics. It satisfies modular functional equations under the group SL3(Z)...

Feb
29
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Hecke Algebras for P-Adic Groups and Explicit Local Langlands Correspondence
Yujie Xu
4:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

I will talk about several results on Hecke algebras attached to Bernstein blocks of (arbitrary) reductive p-adic groups, where we construct a local Langlands correspondence for these Bernstein blocks. Our techniques draw inspirations from the...

Mar
07
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Squarefree Numbers in Short Intervals
Mayank R. Pandey
4:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We count squarefree numbers in short intervals [X, X+H] for H > X^{1/5 - $\delta$}, where $\delta$ > 0 is some absolute constant. This improves on the exponent 1/5 shown by Filaseta and Trifonov in 1992. 

 

In improving bounds on the number of...

Mar
14
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Moments of Quadratic L-Functions Over Function Fields
Adrian Diaconu
4:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

In 2001, Conrey, Farmer, Keating, Rubinstein, and Snaith developed a "recipe" utilizing heuristic arguments to predict the asymptotics of moments of various families of L-functions. This heuristic was later extended by Andrade and Keating to include...

Mar
21
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Vanishing of Selmer Groups for Siegel Modular Forms
Sam Mundy
4:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Let π be a cuspidal automorphic representation of Sp_2n over Q which is holomorphic discrete series at infinity, and χ a Dirichlet character. Then one can attach to π an orthogonal p-adic Galois representation ρ of dimension 2n+1. Assume ρ is...

Mar
28
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Kashiwara Crystals in Endoscopy
Griffin Wang
4:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

In my recent work on a geometric proof of the endoscopic fundamental lemma for spherical Hecke algebras, there are many new features not present in its Lie algebra analogue originally proved by B.C.~Ng\^o. One of such new features is an asymptotic...

Apr
04
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

The Not-So-Local-Global Conjecture
James Rickards
4:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

I will introduce Apollonian circle packings, and describe the local-global conjecture, which predicts the set of curvatures of circles occurring in a packing. I will then describe reciprocity obstructions, a phenomenon rooted in reciprocity laws...

Apr
11
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Ax-Schanuel and Exceptional Integrability
Jonathan Pila
3:00pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

In joint work with Jacob Tsimerman we study when the primitive of a given algebraic function can be constructed using primitives from some given finite set of algebraic functions, their inverses, algebraic functions, and composition. When the given...

Apr
11
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Infinite Orbits In Certain Elliptic Surfaces, Ax Schanuel, and Ramification In The Legendre Family
Umberto Zannier
4:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

Motivated by work of Cantat-Dujardin, we study orbits by translations in K3 surfaces with two elliptic fibrations. We prove in particular that all orbits are infinite away from a proper Zariski-closed subset.

Among the tools, beyond the Pila-Wilkie...

Apr
18
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Zeta and Multizeta for Function Fields
Dinesh Thakur
4:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We will describe emerging understanding of the structures related to the arithmetic of Zeta and Multizeta values for function fields through various results and conjectures.

Apr
25
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Higher Congruences For Modular Forms and Zeta Elements
Eric Urban
4:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

In a recent joint work with S. Iyengar, C. Khare and J. Manning, we use their notion of congruence modules in higher codimension to give a new construction of the bottom class of the rank d=[F:\Q] Euler system attached to nearly ordinary Hilbert...

May
02
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Relative Langlands and Endoscopy
Spencer Leslie
4:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

Spherical varieties play an important role in the study of periods of automorphic forms. But very closely related varieties can lead to very distinct arithmetic problems. Motivated by applications to relative trace formulas, we discuss the natural...

May
09
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Derived Hecke Action For Weight One Modular Forms Via Classicality
Gyujin Oh
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

It is known that a p-adic family of modular forms does not necessarily specialize into a classical modular form at weight one, unlike the modular forms of weight 2 or higher. We will explain how this obstruction to classicality leads to a "derived"...

Oct
03
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Generic Positivity of the Beilinson-Bloch Height of Gross-Schoen and Ceresa Cycles
Ziyang Gao
3:30pm|Princeton University, 134 Lewis Science Library

In this talk, I will report a recent joint work with Shouwu Zhang about a generic positivity of the Beilinson-Bloch height for the Gross-Schoen and Ceresa cycles of curves of genus at least 3. We also construct a Zariski open dense subset U of the...

Oct
10
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Second Moment of the GL_3 Standard L-function on the Critical Line
Matthew Young
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

The second and fourth moments of the Riemann zeta function have been known for about a century, but the sixth moment remains elusive.  

The sixth moment of zeta can be thought of as the second moment of a GL_3 Eisenstein series, and it is natural to...

Oct
17
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

First Explicit Reciprocity Law for Unitary Friedberg—Jacquet Periods
Murilo Zanarella
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

In the early 2000's, Bertolini and Darmon introduced a new technique to bound Selmer groups of elliptic curves via level raising congruences. This was the first example of what is now termed a "bipartite Euler system", and over the last decade we...

Oct
24
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

$p$-Adic $L$-Functions for $P$-Ordinary Hida Families On Unitary Groups
David Marcil
3:30pm|314 Fine Hall

I will first discuss the notion of automorphic representations on a unitary group that are $P$-ordinary (at $p$), where $P$ is some parabolic subgroup. In the “ordinary” setting (i.e. when $P$ is minimal), such a representation $\pi$ has a...

Oct
31
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Bass Note Spectra of Binary Forms
Giorgos Kotsovolis
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

In the 1940s Mahler initiated the program of determining the bass note spectrum $$\mathrm{Spec}(P):=\left\{\inf_{\underline{x} \in\Lambda \setminus \underline{0}}\left\vert P(\underline{x})\right\vert, \Lambda \subset \mathbb{R}^k \text{ a...

Nov
07
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

The Cohen-Lenstra Moments Over Function Fields
Aaron Landesman
3:30pm|314 Fine Hall

The Cohen-Lenstra heuristics are influential conjectures in arithmetic statistics from 1984 which predict the average number of p-torsion elements in class groups of quadratic fields, for p an odd prime. So far, this average number has only been...

Nov
14
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Local-Global Principles and Effective Rates of Equidistribution For Semisimple Orbits
Andreas Wieser
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We prove an effective equidistribution theorem for semisimple
closed orbits on compact adelic quotients. The obtained error depends
polynomially on the minimal complexity of intermediate orbits and the
complexity of the ambient space. As an application...

Nov
21
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Quadratic Characters With Non-Negative Partial Sums
Kannan Soundararajan
3:30pm|314 Fine Hall

Are there infintely many quadratic characters (for instance, the Legendre symbol mod p) for which the partial sums are always non-negative? Although only 0% of characters can have this property, numerical work (most recently by Kalmynin) suggests...

Dec
05
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

The Orbit Method and Analysis in Representation Theory
Trajan Hammonds
3:30pm|314 Fine Hall

In the 1960s, Kirillov’s orbit method provided a striking correspondence between irreducible representations of a Lie group $G$ and certain geometric objects called coadjoint orbits. In 2021, Nelson and Venkatesh profitably adapted this method to...

Dec
12
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Inductive Methods for Counting Number Fields
Brandon Alberts
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We will discuss an inductive approach to determining the asymptotic number of G-extensions of a number field with bounded discriminant, and outline the proof of Malle's conjecture in numerous new cases. This talk will include discussions of several...

Feb
06
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Manin's Conjecture for Châtelet Surfaces
Katy Woo
3:30pm|214 Fine Hall

We resolve Manin's conjecture for all Châtelet surfaces over $Q$ (surfaces given by equations of the form $x^2 + ay^2 = f(z)$) -- we establish asymptotics for the number of rational points of increasing height. The key analytic ingredient is...

Feb
13
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Automatic Convergence of Modular Forms
Aaron Pollack
3:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

Quaternionic modular forms (QMFs) are a type of non-holomorphic automorphic function that exist on certain forms of the exceptional groups, and on orthogonal groups SO(4,n) with n at least 3.  They have a robust notion of Fourier coefficients...

Feb
20
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Hilbert's 10th Problem Over Rings of Integers
Ari Shnidman
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We show that for every quadratic extension of number fields K/F, there exists an abelian variety A/F of positive rank whose rank does not grow upon base change to K. By work of Shlapentokh, this implies that Hilbert's tenth problem over the ring of...

Feb
27
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Algebraicity of Spin L-functions for GSp_6
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

I will discuss recent results for algebraicity of critical values of Spin L-functions for GSp_6. I will also discuss ongoing work toward the construction of p-adic L-functions interpolating these values. I will explain how this work fits into the...

Mar
06
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Multiple Dirichlet Series, Moments of L-functions, and Symmetry
Ian Whitehead
3:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

I will discuss joint work in progress with Will Sawin on function field multiple Dirichlet series constructed based on a set of axioms from algebraic geometry. These series have applications to moments of Dirichlet L-functions for characters of...

Mar
13
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Polyhedra, Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds, and Arithmetic
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

A construction of Thurston assigns a hyperbolic 3-manifold to any polyhedron; a natural question is: which such are arithmetic? We report on ongoing work aiming to answer this question. 

Mar
20
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Sparsity of Intersections With Group Subschemes in an Abelian Scheme
Tangli Ge
3:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

I will talk about a unification of two bounded height results around abelian varieties. One is due to Silverman from 1983, which states, for an abelian scheme A/C with no fixed part over a curve C, that the set of points on C where the generic...

Mar
27
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Algebraic Integers of Bounded Height and Given Galois Group
Andy O’Desky
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

How many algebraic integers of bounded height have a minimal polynomial with a given Galois group? One approach to this problem is via Malle's conjecture. In this talk we will discuss an alternative approach using a construction with the Galois...

Apr
03
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Tamely Ramified Pro-P Extensions of Number Fields
Ravi Ramakrishna
3:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

In recent work with Hajir, Larsen and Maire, we have proved that a large class of finitely generated pro-p groups G can be realized as tamely ramified extensions of a number field K, though ramification at an infinite number of primes is required...

K-Theory of Group C* Algebras (An Introduction to K-Theory and the Baum-Connes Conjecture)

Lecture in History of Mathematics

Mar
01
2023

Lecture in History of Mathematics

What Have We Learned From the Archimedes Palimpsest?
William Noel and Reviel Netz
11:15am|Rubenstein Commons | Meeting Room 5

The main source for the works of Archimedes is a medieval manuscript, written originally around in 975 CE and then erased and covered with a prayerbook in the year 1229. Briefly studied in 1906, the full contents of the manuscripts were finally...

Lecture Series on Some Aspects of the p-adic Local Langlands Correspondence for GL(2,Q_P)